A Tyrone granny who was charged with “dishonestly” claiming State benefit while she had almost £470,000 in a joint bank account with two others was found not guilty in court yesterday.

Liam Brady has warned that the lack of young football talent coming through from Ireland is "scary".

From Dublin to Delhi, from Arsenal to Shamrock Rovers and from player to coach, former international John Devine is bringing a wealth of experience to bear on a plan to save Irish football.

When former Ireland and Arsenal full-back John Devine recently addressed a press conference in Dublin he was joined at the top table by Eamon Dunphy and John Giles, the presence of the big beasts ensuring a healthy media turn-out and plenty of coverage in print and on the airwaves the following day.

Ah good, the doctor will see us now. That would be Ruud Dokter, the puntastic but hitherto enigmatic FAI High Performance Director who has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight as an assistant to Noel King and as Ray Houghton’s fellow headhunter in the search for a new Ireland manager.

The growing belief Martin O’Neill is tempted by the lure of a return to club football is reflected in the latest comments on the Irish managerial succession stakes by three well-known personalities in the game.

Quite why it takes a crisis at senior international level to trigger calls for an overhaul of a grassroots system that has for years been dysfunctional must be unique to Ireland.

Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan will sit out the rest of the Red Hands' Championship campaign after sustaining a season-ending knee injury.

Of the many tasks Alex Ferguson relished when taking the Manchester United job in 1986, addressing the chasm between the club and Ireland featured prominently.

Niall Morgan believes he owes his unlikely ascent to the Tyrone first team to opposing Allianz Football League final goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton.

Tyrone goalkeeper John Devine has decided to retire from inter-county football at the age of 29.

Mickey Harte makes five changes to the Tyrone side which defeated Donegal last Sunday.

The corner of the Tyrone dressing-room will look a lot different to Conor Gormley this weekend in Omagh.

John Devine has confirmed he has not left the Tyrone squad.

Owen Mulligan says he’ll have to ring Tyrone boss Mickey Harte this week to discover if his county career really is over.

Mickey Harte last night heralded a new era for Tyrone football, confirming a major overhaul of his squad and the departure of 11 established players.

MICKEY Harte is set to carry out a major overhaul of his Tyrone squad.

Crossmaglen Rgs (Armagh) 2-10 Errigal Ciaran (Tyrone) 0-10

Newcastle West finally reached their destination after 74 years of trying yesterday when they lifted the Pierce Purcell Shield at Kinsale Golf Club.

Corkman Peter Creedon is expected to be ratified as the new Tipperary senior football manager next week, replacing John Evans.

Alan O’Connor returns to the Cork team for tomorrow night’s trip to Portlaoise to face Laois in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League, having been forced to withdraw through injury before last Sunday’s loss to Donegal.

It’s three from three for Tyrone in Division 2 but this wasn’t the most convincing of performances.

Louth 0-13 Tyrone 2-13

DERRYTRESK last night launched an appeal process ahead of Sunday week’s All-Ireland Club JFC final against Galway champions Clonbur after being slapped with a reported eight suspensions following their controversial semi-final win over Kerry’s Dromid Pearses in Portlaoise last month.

Cork boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for next Sunday’s McGrath Cup final against Tipperary in Clonmel from the side that overturned CIT in last weekend’s semi-final.

Former All-Star Owen Mulligan will start for Tyrone in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 7pm).

Mickey Harte has selected an unchanged Tyrone team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Roscommon at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made four changes to his side for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Armagh in Omagh (throw-in 7pm).

The fit-again duo of Joe McMahon and Kevin Hughes have been pencilled into the Tyrone team to face Donegal in Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final at Clones (throw-in 3.30pm).

TYRONE full-back Justin McMahon has received good news following a scan on his damaged ankle.

MICHAELA Harte will never be forgotten, a mourner at her funeral said.

Michaela McAreavey will never be forgotten, a mourner at her funeral said today.

THEY lived cheek by jowl for so long that it’s perhaps appropriate that they should suffer their demise on the same day, at the same venue, in the same utterly unexpected fashion.

At six foot, four inches, Pascal McConnell has a towering influence over Tyrone football, but the Newtownstewart custodian has healthy competition for his goalkeeping position and this keeps him well grounded as he focuses on the Red Hands' Ulster SFC final clash with Monaghan at Clones this Sunday.

CERTAIN suggestions have solidified into accepted fact in Ulster in the last decade.

A MAJOR investigation is continuing after thousands of salmon and trout, mainly juvenile stock, were wiped out in west Limerick following a reported farmyard accident.

SEAN CAVANAGH will return to the Tyrone starting line-up for the first time since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Kildare for tomorrow night’s crunch NFL Division 1 showdown against Kerry in Healy Park, Omagh.

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Three-time All-Ireland winner Enda McGinley will be back in a Tyrone jersey for the Championship, after selector Tony Donnelly dismissed reports that the midfielder has quit the squad.

DOUGLAS dual player Eoin Cadogan faces a busy weekend as both the Cork senior hurlers and footballers continue their pursuit of Allianz National League honours.

Derry boss Damian Cassidy and Tyrone manager Mickey Harte have named their starting line-ups for the NFL Division 1 opener at Celtic Park.

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte has declared the opening of Croke Park to soccer and rugby a huge success, despite having voiced his opposition to the move when the restrictions were first being lifted.

MICKEY HARTE has dismissed claims his relationship with Sean Cavanagh has been compromised by quotes attributed to the Tyrone manager in his autobiography which was published late last year.