Person: Mick Fitzsimons

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Five areas where Dessie Farrell can stamp his authority on Dublin

A few months before he won the 1999 US Open, the late golfer Payne Stewart was gifted for his birthday a nylon bracelet by his son Aaron with the letters WWJD emblazoned on them, writes John Fogarty.

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New managers, new rules, and old dilemmas: The major talking points as the League returns

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All-Ireland final finishing regrets linger for Kerry's Stephen O'Brien

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Top awards for Cluxton and Callanan as Dubs lead the way in football's All-Stars

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Cluxton should get footballer of the year award

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Dublin V Kerry: 60 seconds

Dublin V Kerry: How they rated

Stephen Cluxton (Parnells): If this is his final bow, what better way to do it? Kerry didn’t make his life too difficult as he restarted but he was still varying his kick-outs well. His save from Stephen O’Brien was an easy one but he was so good with the high ball that came his way. 7

Sat, 14 Sep, 2019

Kerry and Dublin players’ All-Stars ratings ahead of final replay

How are the finalists’ All-Stars stock after the drawn All-Ireland final? Honest broker John Fogarty tests the market.

Mon, 09 Sep, 2019

Dublin defenders will decide which Kerry forwards to mark

Dublin’s defenders will tell Jim Gavin which Kerry attackers they want to mark in Sunday’s All-Ireland final, believes former Dubs star Ray Cosgrove.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2019

Are Mayo primed to deliver the perfect performance?

The most combustible GAA rivalry of this decade gets one more run out this evening at Croke Park and it promises once again to be explosive.

Sat, 10 Aug, 2019

Dubs’ galloping doctor the master of opportunity

If Meath’s Michael Newman had swapped jerseys with Niall Scully before the start of yesterday’s Leinster final, then all six starting Dublin forwards would have been on the scoresheet.

Mon, 24 Jun, 2019

The bad news? It looks like Dubs are just getting started

Dean Rock and Cillian O’Connor will both have similar feelings this morning.

Mon, 27 May, 2019

Kerry pips Dubs in breathless thriller

Another Kerry-Dublin classic in Tralee ended in a welter of excitement and a third successive Allianz League Division 1 victory for the Kingdom

Sat, 09 Feb, 2019

Dublin v Laois - Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final

Long ball ploy was never going to be enough for Laois against Dublin

It’s a good job Dublin don’t execute the perfect performance every time they play. For if they did, the umpires would be going to the UU (Umpire Union) looking for better T&C’s.

Mon, 25 Jun, 2018

Little to separate Dublin and Mayo in starring roles

Like their last two All-Ireland final clashes, champions Dublin have pipped Mayo by one in the 2017 PwC All-Stars, picking up seven to Mayo’s six.

Sat, 04 Nov, 2017

Shades of Messi as Con O'Callaghan lights up enthralling final

Dublin, by the skin of their teeth, dragged themselves over the line and ensured their place in history as one of the all-time great GAA teams.

Mon, 18 Sep, 2017

Stephen Coen hoping long road to Croke Park ends in Mayo glory

For six straight years between 2004 and 2009, Kerry players marked autumn by the failing evening light as they trained in Fitzgerald Stadium. Stephen Coen has measured it the last two seasons by getting back on the bus from Dublin to Mayo.

Thu, 14 Sep, 2017

John Fogarty's August All-Stars

David Clarke (Mayo)

Thu, 10 Aug, 2017

‘Tannian hit me like a freight train’ says Conor Dooley

It’s two years since Dublin and Galway last met in the Leinster SHC in Tullamore and Conor Dooley will be hoping for a more uplifting experience when the counties come together again at O’Connor Park this month.

Wed, 10 May, 2017

Dublin have forgotten how to lose

As second-half additional time approached on Saturday night, the home crowd in Austin Stack Park gurgled with excitement at the prospect of Dublin being downed on the precipice of emulating Kerry’s all-time unbeaten record.

Mon, 20 Mar, 2017

Today’s Sigerson Cup previews

Jackie Cahill looks at all the games coming up in today’s Sigerson Cup

Tue, 31 Jan, 2017

Dublin v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Replay

Jim Gavin deflects the praise onto his players

Another season, a few more slices of history for the Dubs. Not just on the pitch, but along the sideline, too.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Kerry and Dublin dining at league top table

Transplant the final Division 1 table to this time next year when semi-finals will be a thing of the past and there would be no equivocation — for the first time in 30 years, Dublin and Kerry would contest a Division 1 final.

Thu, 07 Apr, 2016

Dubs have the hunger, Kerry the hurt

February 2011 and Dublin have beaten Cork by six points. Under the Hogan Stand, Pat Gilroy is quietly praising his team for getting their discipline in check in the second half, but his calm words betray his delight. Inside he’s dancing.

Tue, 15 Sep, 2015

Cian O’Sullivan’s clubmate plays down chances of recovering for final

Former Dublin attacker Ray Cosgrove has offered a downbeat assessment of the injury that threatens to rule club-mate Cian O’Sullivan out of the All-Ireland final.

Sun, 13 Sep, 2015

Things you have come to expect from Jim Gavin...

Things you come to expect from Jim Gavin as Dublin manager in a championship game.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2015

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan defends Fionn Fitzgerald

Kerry board chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has challenged Dublin manager Jim Gavin’s claim Fionn Fitzgerald exaggerated his fall which led to Mick Fitzsimons’ sending off on Sunday.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2015

Dubs developing defensive instinct

Sylvester Hennessy crunches the numbers from the weekend’s big Allianz League games.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2015

Dubs’ injury doubt Cooper ‘all about the collective’

Dublin might have expectation going into this weekend but all Na Fianna man Jonny Cooper has is hope.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2014

Gavin vows to give fringe players chance to shine

Westmeath 0-11 Dublin 0-12

Mon, 06 Jan, 2014

Why Dublin need BB’s A game

We’ve seen a few different versions of James Horan’s Mayo this year. During the league we saw the side that lost three successive games in March before thrashing Dublin by 12 points on the last day of the month.

Sat, 01 Sep, 2012

Brogan back for Dubs

Reigning Footballer of the Year Alan Brogan returns to the Dublin team for their much-anticipated All-Ireland SFC semi-final clash with Mayo on Sunday.

Fri, 31 Aug, 2012

Gilroy defends dawn sessions

Dublin boss Pat Gilroy has rejected suggestions he is placing excessive demands on his players.

Sat, 11 Feb, 2012

Dubs to blood newcomers in O'Byrne Cup

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy will test the depth of his 2012 panel when the All-Ireland champions open their season in the O'Byrne Cup next weekend.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2012

Cullen not among Dublin’s Star dozen

BRYAN CULLEN yesterday became only the third All-Ireland winning captain since the turn of the last decade not to be selected as an All Star nomination.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2011

Key match-ups for each manager?

IN this year’s league game, Marc Ó Sé kept Bernard Brogan under lock and key up until second-half injury-time when the Dublin forward scored the winning point.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2011

Fitzsimons’ sentry duty

MICK FITZSIMONS is about to lurch from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2011

Team the be all and end all for Nolan

IT’S an astonishing statement to make but Kevin Nolan delivers it so nonchalantly that it almost loses its colour.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2011

McCrabbe: Too many old umpires

ALAN McCRABBE has fanned the flames of the Hawk-Eye debate by suggesting the GAA are allowing too many old men to act as umpires.

Fri, 10 Jun, 2011

Three changes for Dublin

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has finalised his team for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Laois at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Wed, 01 Jun, 2011

Leinster six-in-a-row not a priority for Dubs’ manager Gilroy

DUBLIN have yet to begin their 2010 championship campaign, but manager Pat Gilroy has indicated that claiming a sixth provincial title on the trot is not a priority.

Thu, 10 Jun, 2010

Gilroy rings changes as Cluxton back in action

DUBLIN make five changes in personnel as well as a couple of positional alterations for their NFL Division 1 clash with Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar.

Fri, 05 Mar, 2010