Monaghan were absolute value for a commanding victory over Tyrone in Castleblayney, making amends for their narrow opening day loss away to Galway.

There’s an undeniable feelgood factor about Galway football since Padráic Joyce took charge, but with tougher tasks on the horizon, there were enough holes in this display to ensure their supporters don’t lose the run of themselves.

It took a mere 11 minutes of the 2020 inter-county season to throw up the first controversial incident of the new playing rules.

A man who claimed he could no longer carry out manual labour and was unable to raise his arm above his head without pain after his car was rear-ended has had his case for damages thrown out.

The judge was shown Facebook pictures of the plaintiff participating in a 10km obstacle course, and threw out the case.

Malachy O’Rourke’s seven-season stint with Monaghan is over after the Farney’s eight-point All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Armagh in Clones on Saturday evening.

Monaghan squeezed through to the second round of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifier series with a nervy four-point win over a dogged Fermanagh side at Clones.

Cavan sprang a shock with a four points Ulster SFC quarter-final victory over neighbours Monaghan at Kingspan Breffni Park.

On the de facto opening Championship weekend, Greg Kennedy provided a whopper.

Rory Beggan’s converted free in the fifth minute of stoppage time sealed a dramatic comeback for Monaghan champions Scotstown and put them through to the AIB Ulster club SFC final.

Scotstown survived a black card for Kieran Hughes, 13 first-half wides and a penalty shout at the death to eventually squeeze past Burren, but if luck was a finite resource, they can expect little of it in the upcoming semi-final against Eoghan Ruadh Coleraine.

All-Star nominee Rory Beggan has admitted he suffered a ‘rush of blood’ and ‘immediately regretted’ his decision to take a pot shot at glory against Tyrone.

Padraig Hampsey clearly isn’t of a mind that Monaghan were poorly served by referee Anthony Nolan in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

On this occasion the picture was worth a thousand words. The Waterford footballers, legs dangling over the quayside in Dungarvan, are chatting away together and the image captures that sense of fulfilment which comes after a championship win.

Manchester City win the league hitting the 100-point mark, 18 points more than Manchester United and 25 more than Liverpool and yet City haven’t been able to beat either in recent games. 

Monaghan 0-12 Mayo 0-13: One point sourced from a disputed free was all that separated Monaghan and Mayo in Clones yesterday and Malachy O’Rourke was of the opinion that his men may have edged it had the crest on their chests been different.

A Dunnes Stores employee who slipped and fell on a wet floor while shopping in another Dunnes outlet was yesterday awarded €40,000 in compensation.

Monaghan brought the Carlow odyssey to an end, but only after a mighty scare at Netwatch Cullen Park, where the Ulster men finished strongly for a flattering five points Qualifier win.

Down have emerged from the depths of despair to challenge once again for Ulster football glory.

A Mario Rosenstock fan has been awarded €4,500 compensation in a defamation action arising out of being asked by security for his ticket halfway through a gig at the Marquee in Cork.

A Mario Rosenstock fan who was not amused when asked for his ticket halfway through a gig at the Marquee in Cork has brought a case against the security firm, alleging that he was defamed.

Monaghan 1-20 Fermanagh 1-11: Monaghan’s support cast showed an eagerness to play a leading role in this year’s Ulster championship, with 13 different scorers in Saturday night’s win over Fermanagh an encouraging sign for the summer ahead.

It was a second-half cruise for Monaghan as they routed Fermanagh in an Ulster SFC preliminary round tie at Clones to set up a derby meeting with Cavan.

Three-time All-Ireland winner with Tyrone Owen Mulligan lined out at corner forward for London in Dungarvan last night as Ciaran Deely’s team took on Waterford in a challenge game.

A teenage soccer player lost his court case against his former club for psychological injury as the judge found that the boy’s coach was conscientious and the plaintiff’s father was “a caring parent not blessed with insight”.

A teenage soccer player whose claim against his former club for psychological injury was dismissed today has said he is glad his parents brought the case forward, saying his family can now move on.

A teenage soccer player lost his court case against his former club for psychological injury.

Latest:: The Cork teenager who yesterday began proceedings against Carrigaline United football club, claiming he suffered post traumatic stress disorder after being dropped from the team, has lost his case at Cork Circuit Court this afternoon.

A soccer player with cross-channel ambitions is suing his former club for post-traumatic stress disorder for being excluded from a team as a 13 to 14-year-old.

Injury plagued Monaghan attacker Jack McCarron is keeping his fingers crossed that he’s finally turned his back on a ‘rough’ few years.

Monaghan bagged two precious Allianz League points as they came away from Kerry with a win for the second time in a row this afternoon.

Monaghan 0-7 Cavan 0-7

Donegal and Monaghan will meet next weekend after a Conor McManus free levelled this Ulster semi-final deep in additional time.

A father of four living with his wife and children in a caravan on the side of the road in Mallow said in court yesterday he would move but they were terrified to move to the house offered by Cork County Council.