It’s not just Marty McFly and Doc Brown who make a connection between 1985 and 2015. Like it was 30 years ago, Dublin and Kerry enter the football championship as the two favourites; Kerry as reigning kingpins and Dublin as the winners of the previous year. 

Dublin manager Jim Gavin will not be replacing selector Michael Kennedy, who has stepped down due to work commitments.

Jim Gavin has played down his role in guiding Dublin to Allianz League and Leinster honours and an All-Ireland SFC final appearance this year, insisting that the free-flowing game-plan they adopt is 'inherited from the Dublin teams that have gone before us'.

At first, their hearts will have skipped a beat or two. But not long after last night’s draw for the 2013 Ulster championship pitted powerhouses Donegal and Tyrone against each other, Jim McGuinness and Mickey Harte will have felt adrenaline course through their veins.

PAT GILROY admitted to being inexperienced yesterday at his inaugural press conference as Dublin senior football manager, adding that an All-Ireland final appearance is his first target as boss.

PAT GILROY is set to be ratified as the new Dublin senior football manager at tonight’s county board meeting in Parnell Park.

DUBLIN defender Paul Casey has insisted it is up to the county board and not the players to come up with a successor to Paul Caffrey in the coming months.

DUBLIN defender Paul Casey has insisted it is up to the county board and not the players to come up with a successor to Paul Caffrey in the coming months.

Kerry legend Paidí O'Sé has admitted in a radio interview that he would consider taking on the vacant Dublin managerial position, if an approach was made to him.

MANAGER Mick Deegan is banking on his Dublin side’s All-Ireland JFC title success to inspire the county’s senior team to similar glory in September.

Philip Walton shot eight birdies to win the Ashbourne pro-am tournament, sponsored jointly by Polyflor Ireland and Pat's Carpets.