The Kildare football panel has issued a statement calling for the reinstatement of former manager Kieran McGeeney, accusing the County Board of being "dysfunctional and lacking in both leadership and unity".

Colm O’Rourke is usually the safest pair of hands on The Sunday Game, but he crossed the line in an attempt to make a humorous point about the size of Kildare’s players a few weeks back.

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney hopes to have Daryl Flynn, Eamonn Callaghan and Dermot Earley back in action by the time the Allianz Football League Division 1 returns in three weeks’ time.

The Kildare v Sligo All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier will go ahead as planned at Dr. Hyde Park in Roscommon next Saturday despite protests from the Lilywhite camp.

Any theory which espouses the view that the less well off don’t stand a chance against the nation’s fat cats is always going to curry favour with a certain audience.

As St Kevin’s await to hear from the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) about Seánie Johnston’s transfer application, Kildare’s Johnny Doyle says he’s surprised about the controversy it has created.

KIERAN McGEENEY is remaining as Kildare manager until 2013.

Flags flew at half-mast throughout St Nazaire in France today as the industrial port city mourned the deaths of 15 people killed when a crowded gangway leading to the docked luxury ship Queen Mary 2 suddenly collapsed.