Kerry SFC Rd 2B - Kerins O’Rahillys 3-11 Feale Rangers 1-11: Hard to know which of their opening two games in this year’s Kerry SFC Kerins O’Rahillys should use as a reference point going forward to Round 3.

Nine FIFA officals have been accused of coruption which could have spanned decades, the Taoiseach believes that the sale of Aer Lingus to IAG is in the best interest of the nation, Anthony Tohill says Joe Brolly’s ego is bigger now than when he was player, and relive the emotions of Saturday’s referendum results with this moving video. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

The Government has given the green light for its sale in Aer Lingus, six football officials have been arrested and detained in Switzerland ahead of the Fifa congress in Zurich, 100 new jobs set for Cork in a cyber security firm and the RubberBandits help launch the Limerick European Capital of Culture 2020 campaign. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

"One man practising sportsmanship is far better than 100 teaching it"— Knute Rokne, legendary Notre Dame coach.

Reading Paul Keane’s article in this paper last week about the massive surge in hamstring injuries in the GAA and how the effects of all these injuries accumulate and last much longer than one week, a month or a season got me thinking.

The eve of another cup final weekend and with it a sense of history about it for those of us steeped in Irish hoops, writes Kieran Shannon.

By the time he got back to the dressing room, it was more vacant than victorious.

Kerins O’Rahillys 1-15 Milltown/Castlemaine 0-12

Former Kerry footballers Seán O’Sullivan and Micheál Quirke believe Eoin Brosnan will get the nod at centre-back for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final clash against Dublin at Croke Park.

Given almost 50 league campaigns have come and gone since, it’s quite possible the last time Kerry failed to score in a half of league football before last Sunday came after 1966.

Happy the bride the sun shines on, an old saying goes, and so it was yesterday for a radiant Hilary Stephenson who married Kerry footballer Kieran ‘Star’ Donaghy between the wintry showers in Waterville.

St Kieran’s 2-11 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-14

Kerry defeated Sligo in a senior football challenge at Rathkeale on Saturday, with Bryan Sheehan featuring for the first time since the Kingdom’s Munster championship victory over Tipperary.

A number of Kerry footballers are “very disappointed” that coach Donie Buckley has left the Kingdom’s senior management team, according to former All-Ireland winner Michéal Quirke.

TODAY

THEY have lived in the shadows for long enough, being sandwiched between bustling towns with rich football traditions in Listowel and Abbeyfeale.

FORMER All-Ireland winning Kerry midfielder Micheál Quirke is angry at the criticism Kerry’s new midfield partnership of Bryan Sheehan and Anthony Maher has received this season.

MICHEÁL QUIRKE’S phone has been running a temperature since news of his retirement from the Kerry senior squad went public on Thursday night.

Michéal Quirke has played his last match for Kerry this year, following his decision to step down from Jack O'Connor's squad.

KERRY midfielder Michéal Quirke has left the Kerry panel due to a series of niggling injuries and family commitments.

2009 All-Star duo Tomás Ó Sé and Paul Galvin have been drafted straight into the Kerry team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Limerick.

BRYAN SHEEHAN is more than happy to be doing his bit in the Kerry midfield but he draws the line at suggestions that he is replacing Darragh Ó Sé.

CHAMPIONS Dr Crokes advanced the last eight of the Kerry SFC after defeating South Kerry in a bad-tempered match in Caherciveen yesterday (0-11 to 0-5) with Kingdom star Declan O’Sullivan sent off for the losers.

GRAHAM CANTY referred to Kerry’s keep-ball tactics towards the end of the game as “cute football”.

ON THE presumption that both Cork and Kerry are true to their selections, Eoin Cadogan will begin tomorrow’s Munster football final, like the rest of us, sitting and watching.

Kerry will field an unchanged team when they take on arch rivals Cork in Sunday's Munster SFC final in Killarney (throw-in 2pm).

AIDAN WALSH was hooked from the start. From his home in Kanturk, he can reach Fitzgerald Stadium in less than an hour and, growing up, there was plenty mystique surrounding Cork and Kerry football clashes in Killarney.

THIS opening round of the Garveys Kerry senior football championship at Caherciveen yesterday proved to be much closer than generally anticipated, despite the underdogs being limited by the loss of eight players.

COMING out of the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday, John Galvin could have been forgiven for thinking the match scoreline was his fault.

IN KERRY’S Munster Championship first round clash with Tipperary, the ingredients for a shock in Killarney were coming nicely to the boil when Maurice Condon called for half-time.

Shane Enright and Anthony Maher has been brought into the Kerry team to face Limerick in Saturday's Munster SFC semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 6.45pm).

MEATH boss Seamus McEnaney last night handed out senior championship debuts to U21 duo Bryan Menton and Ciaran Lenehan for Sunday’s Leinster quarter-final against Kildare in Croke Park but the involvement of veteran forward Graham Geraghty remains unclear as the list of Royal County substitutes has yet to be released.

SUMMER may have begunpositively on the scoreboard forthe Kerry footballers yesterday, yet another disciplinary storm diminished their enjoyment of this Munster SFC quarter-final success.

Eoin Brosnan has been named at centre-back in the Kerry team to face Tipperary in Sunday's Munster SFC quarter-final in Killarney (throw-in 3.30pm).

EOIN Brosnan will make his first appearance in championship football since the 2009 Munster semi-final replay, in next Sunday’s provincial quarter-final against Tipperary after being named at centre-back in the Kingdom starting fifteen last night.

PAUL KERRIGAN emerged as the latest injury doubt for Cork ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Football League final against Dublin in Croke Park.

THE best is yet to come from Declan O’Sullivan — or so Liam Hassett has told him.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor last night backed midfielder David Moran to recover from a season ending cruciate knee injury sustained in Sunday’s league win over Monaghan.

EVERYONE seems to be worried about Jonathan Sexton’s confidence these days, as if it is something as fragile as Ronan O’Gara’s latest Man of the Match crystal glass.