New Cork senior hurling boss Kieran Kingston has described the post as a “fantastic opportunity”, confirming yesterday that his former Cork team-mate Pat Harnett is joining him as a selector.

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Power over playing rule changes should be removed from the remit of Congress and entrusted to a new committee of past and present players, according to Galway football stalwart Liam Sammon.

Liam Sammon ventured into a well-known GAA pub in Killarney on Saturday evening to catch the Dublin-Derry league encounter.

We have a lot of belief and we are going to give it our very best shot.

Former Galway football boss Liam Sammon has called for current manager Alan Mulholland to remain at the helm when his three-year term concludes this summer.

It’s 50 years since arguably the greatest Connacht football rivalry of them all fired its first shots.

Former Galway manager Liam Sammon (pictured) is to be part of an extended backroom team to assist Alan Mulholland next year.

Mayo forward Cillian O'Connor is itching to wear the green and red jersey again as he continues his gradual recovery from a dislocated shoulder.

Over the course of almost half a century, Liam Sammon has been in service to Galway football. Now he hopes a new generation can restore county pride.

Galway’s Paul Conroy is a perfect example of how inter-county Gaelic football can be a cruel task master.

As Kevin Heffernan’s coffin left the Church of St Vincent de Paul on Dublin’s Griffith Avenue yesterday, a spontaneous applause enveloped the air.

GALWAY’S top football official — who has overseen the appointment of three managers in his four seasons in charge — is being challenged for the position.

Former Galway player Alan Mulholland has been installed as the county's new senior footballer manager, taking over from the axed Tomás Ó Flatharta.

ALAN MULHOLLAND last night became Galway’s fourth senior football manager in as many years when he was confirmed as the new boss of the Tribesmen.

THE way has been cleared for Alan Mulholland to take over as the new Galway senior football manager after the other candidate left in the race withdrew yesterday.

FORMER Galway boss Liam Sammon will be part of a five-man committee to interview candidates to take over the Tribesmen from Tomás Ó Flatharta.

ANOTHER season, another crisis in Galway football.

FORMER Galway star John Divilly has launched a stinging attack on county football board chiefs claiming “the whole system of Galway football is wrong”.

WATCHING Kerry and Galway from the terraces in Killarney last Sunday wouldn’t have been anyone’s idea of an afternoon’s entertainment.

ONE OF Galway’s favourite senior footballers for the past 15 years, Declan Meehan, has announced his retirement from inter-county action.

FORMER All-Ireland winning Galway captain Ray Silke has expressed concern about the way football in the county is run.

Liam Kearns has expressed an interest in taking charge of the Galway footballers.

LIAM KEARNS has expressed an interest in taking charge of the Galway footballers.

Joe Kernan's brief reign as Galway football manager is likely to end this evening.

JOE KERNAN’S brief reign as Galway football manager is likely to end this evening.

FEW in the 5,000 at the Galway SFC semi-finals last September who gave Joe Kernan a rapturous welcome when, in an impromptu moment by football board chairman John Joe Holleran, he was introduced to the crowd, could have envisaged the Tribesmen’s 2010 championship would implode in such a dramatic fashion.

SITTING cold and numb, physically and emotionally, in the stand at Pearse Stadium last Saturday after yet another one point defeat to supposedly inferior opposition, it did not take long for my mobile to start bleeping.

HARD knocks in sport can make or break you.

GALWAY manager Joe Kernan has told his players to remember the pain of their Connacht final defeat to Sligo in 2007 ahead of the latest meeting between the counties on Sunday.

Joe Kernan was officially ratified as the new Galway senior football manager last night, succeeding Liam Sammon on a three-year term.

JOE KERNAN was last night appointed the new manager of the Galway senior football team.

SUNDAY’S All-Ireland hurling final will be a sellout according to Croke Park ticket chiefs.

The Galway County Board is reportedly hoping to attract Joe Kernan to the west to become the Tribesmen's new football manager.

THE chairman of Galway Football Board has rejected reports that Liam Sammon was forced to step down as manager because of player power.

ONE Friday last summer I was at the TG4 studios in Baile Na hAbhainn to do Seo Spóirt with former All-Ireland winning Cork boss John Allen.

LIAM SAMMON has opted to walk away before his third year in charge of the Galway footballers, informing the 2009 panel of his decision on Wednesday night.

Liam Sammon has ended his tenure as Galway senior football manager, after informing his players and Galway County Board officials of his decision last night.

DESPITE collecting four Connacht titles since their last big success in 2001, Galway have not won a single game in Croke Park or passed the All-Ireland quarter final stage.

Kieran Fitzgerald and Matthew Clancy have been drafted into the Galway team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth-round qualifier clash with Donegal at Markievicz Park (throw-in 5pm).

DONEGAL manager John Joe Doherty claims Galway are still one of the main threats to Tyrone’s All-Ireland crown despite the loss of their Connacht title to Mayo last weekend.

FOR years we have been very critical of Mayo’s forwards.

Galway 1-14 Mayo 2-12