Dr Crokes (Kerry) 3-15 The Nire (Waterford) 0-6: Whatever about the decision to play the Rose of Tralee shortly after the final whistle, there could be no arguing with the rendition of Simply the Best that greeted winning captain Johnny Buckley as he ambled towards the presentation area.

Kerry supporters will have to wait until Dr Crokes’ involvement in the club championship comes to an end before Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper decides on his inter-county future.

Dr Crokes 2-16 Kenmare District 1-12: They’re back. The famine on Lewis Road, although brief, is no more. 

Noel Walsh and Gabriel Keating didn’t set out to become pioneers in the early 1970s, rather both men were simply unhappy with the set-up in front of them.

The proof will come on Saturday but Eoin Brosnan is confident Dr Crokes are better prepared for this All-Ireland semi-final than those in the last two years.

“There is nobody sure of their starting place on this team, well — bar one — we will grant Colm [Cooper] his place I suppose!”

AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SFC SEMI-FINAL

Bryan Sheehan, Anthony Maher and Aidan O’Mahony make their first starts of the year for Kerry in tomorrow’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Dank Sundays in December aren’t the stage for a carnival, but there was the faintest sense of a football freak show at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

Two years ago, around this time, Dr Crokes full-back Michael Moloney was hopeful of a second All-Ireland campaign, having progressed through Kerry and won the county, and a provincial final against Nemo Rangers stood between them and another tilt of the Holy Grail of club football.

Clonmel Commercials star forward Colman Kennedy could miss this weekend’s Munster Club SFC semi-final due to a Cork City U19 game.

A 20-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with slashing another man on the face with a Stanley knife as part of an ongoing Traveller feud.

Consumers have been urged to ask GPs for a price list for routine medical treatments.

A worthwhile exercise for both Kieran McGeeney and Jack O’Connor as the Lilywhites edged to victory at the official reopening of the Ballymacelligott GAA pitch on Saturday.

A new medical practice in Killarney has slashed its consultation fees to what the doctors feel people can afford to pay.

THERE had been genuine fears there would be a shortage of greyhounds to satisfy all the extra racing in Dublin in the build-up to Christmas.

THE Sky Sports cameras were at Ruislip on Saturday but they didn’t get the result they were hoping for. In what they described ‘Gaelic football’s version of the FA Cup’, this was one giantkilling act too many for London.

London 0-13 Waterford 1-17

Former Antrim player Sean McVeigh will lead an unchanged London team when they take on Waterford in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier.

IN a west London pub on Saturday night, packed to the rafters with boisterous Gaels, London attacker Eoin O’Neill was beckoned onto the stage for a song.

KILCUMMIN just about survived one of the most dramatic comebacks witnessed in the Kerry SFC over the last few years when they edged out Ardfert in a second round thriller last night.

AN Emmet Kent free in the 61st minute saw Wexford emerge with the narrowest of victories over arch rivals Kilkenny in an enthralling Leinster Under 21 hurling championship quarter-final at Wexford Park last night.

AFTER extra-time, James Horan came mightily close to a losing championship debut as Mayo manager after his wasteful side almost came a cropper against London in Ruislip yesterday.

TWO Clare men were yesterday jailed for “a cowardly and unprovoked attack” that ended the life of a 26-year-old school teacher on St Stephen’s night in Ennis last year.

ROUTINE business for Dr Crokes in their opening provincial foray yesterday.

A PRIEST married his own son in Galway yesterday.

YOUR editorial headlined ‘Public sector action — Recovery threatened by strikes’ (March 9) quotes Peter McLoone as saying “everything had to be on the agenda in any talks”. While I agree, this must also include an awareness of a number of harsh truths.

HAVING voted confidence in Willie O’Dea the day before he resigned from the cabinet, can this Government show much more disregard to the institutions of the state for the sake of Fianna Fáil?

JUST when it appeared yesterday’s Kerry senior football decider in Fitzgerald Stadium was heading for a replay, county star Declan O’Sullivan fisted over the winning point to leave South Kerry champions for the ninth time.

THEIR recent county championship exit may have brought dejection for Kerins O’Rahilly’s, but the Tralee club salvaged something from their season with victory in yesterday’s Kerry Senior Club Championship final at Austin Stack Park.

THE finals of the Bulmers Irish Cups and Shields got off to a successful start in ideal conditions at Tullamore yesterday when Banbridge and Kilkenny produced golf of the highest calibre to qualify for today’s final of the Bulmers Barton Shield.

CHAMPIONS WIT face a critical encounter at home to DIT this afternoon, in one of three Fitzgibbon Cup ties down for decision.

A 59-year-old man was remanded in custody today on a charge of being in possession of downloaded images of child pornography at an apartment in Cork last night.

A POLISH man has been charged with dangerous driving following the death of a 25-year-old woman last weekend.

A Clare woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her partner and his two sons denied that she was motivated by money a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A former Las Vegas poker dealer accused of conspiring with a Clare woman to kill her partner and his two sons told gardai he didn’t know how a contact lens case that tested positive for Ricin came to be in his cell at Limerick prison a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A Clare woman accused of hiring a former Las Vegas poker dealer to kill her partner and his two sons told gardai she had been blackmailed into sending €15,000 to her co-accused’s Nevada address a jury at the Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

THE Show Jumping Association of Ireland’s (SJAI) Premier Series will go ahead again next year, though a new sponsor is in the pipeline.

Aer Arann today launched a new service from Galway to Newcastle.

Ardfert (Kerry) 4-7 Confey (Kildare) 1-9