Managers were largely unimpressed by the mark after its opening weekend as a permanent rule in inter-county football.

Niall Moyna hailed the strength-in-depth of the DCU bench as the defining factor in their fourth Sigerson Cup win.

The Sigerson Cup finals weekend format is outdated and increases the risk of burnout, according to Niall Moyna.

Sigerson Cup semi-final

It is hard to imagine Niall Moyna experiencing a sweeter Sigerson Cup success with DCU if it occurs this weekend.

University of Ulster 0-10 DCU 3-10

Ireland is a "Third World" nation when it comes to the physical sporting health of its young people, according to a leading expert in the field.

The family of an obese schoolboy has been told their son is "a walking time-bomb".

13,000 pupils take the challenge and learn the value of exercise, says Helen O’Callaghan.

Meath 4-18 DCU 3-06

Elite GAA players face the risk of kidney failure and long term health issues due to the growing training demands being placed on them.

A LEADING health academic has said children’s fitness levels should be assessed at the beginning and end of each school year and given the same priority as maths and science.

DCU manager Niall Moyna believes the rule preventing Cork’s Aidan Walsh from lining out for the university is symptomatic of the negative attitude within third level GAA towards them.

Rumours are circulating that Jason Ryan is set to join the Kildare senior football management as their new coach.

The heroic athletic efforts we witnessed on our screens has inspired many to start exercising. Be it walking, running, or another activity, for winning results it’s best to begin slowly, says Áilín Quinlan.

No county for young men — a headline that might illustrate the job predicament in the West of Ireland at the moment.

Donegal star Michael Murphy celebrated his return to football in 2012 with an injury-time free in DCU’s emphatic Sigerson Cup semi-final victory at NUI Galway Sportsground in Dangan yesterday.

DONEGAL boss Jim McGuinness has refused to rule out Kevin Cassidy returning to his panel.

In all the hullabaloo since last weekend, DCU’s achievement in reaching a third O’Byrne Cup final in four years has largely been pushed aside.

Jim McGuinness has said Donegal will consider their participation in the Dr McKenna Cup next year if third level colleges continue to have first option on inter-county players.

DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness has hit back at Niall Moyna’s claims he “bullied” Martin McElhinney into playing for his county the same day the midfielder was due to line out for DCU in the O’Byrne Cup.

MAYO County Board have applied to the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to change the throw-in time for their league game with Dublin to avoid a clash with Ireland’s Six Nations fixture against France.

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY manager Niall Moyna was happy with this result, although it gives him a fixtures headache.

DONEGAL boss Jimmy McGuinness has been accused of “bullying” a student player by allegedly threatening to axe him if he didn’t play a challenge game at the weekend.

DCU professor Dr Niall Moyna has warned the GAA is in danger of shortening inter-county players’ careers if it doesn’t regulate its fixtures calendar.

Dublin are on the verge of qualifying for an All-Ireland final, something the county hasn’t done in 16 years. Paddy Christie will miss out on that experience but his passion for coaching is helping future generations of Dublin footballers win in all kinds of ways, and not just All-Irelands

PROFESSOR Niall Moyna has claimed October’s International Rules series defeat to Australia proved there are serious flaws in the GAA’s generic training techniques.

FOUR Dublin footballers were allegedly informed that they would be dropped from Pat Gilroy’s panel for this weekend’s NFL tie against Mayo if they attended Ricky Nixon’s AFL trial camp in Meath yesterday.

FOUR years after they burst onto the Sigerson Cup scene with a maiden triumph, DCU confirmed their staying power as a third-level football force by claiming honours in Saturday’s decider in Leixlip, Kildare.

PAT SPILLANE’S assertion over the weekend that gaelic football is not as entertaining as it was has been flatly contradicted by a leading academic in the field.

IRELAND is on track to experience the same appalling obesity problems that are causing widespread health problems across the United States.

A HEALTH expert has come up with a novel idea to tackle the country’s expanding childhood obesity problem — pay children to stay healthy.

The abolishment of the minor and Under-21 grades and the introduction of an Under-19 championship at inter-county level was one of the key issues which emerged from the report of the GAA's Player Burnout Taskforce launched yesterday at Croke Park.

AT least two of the ‘DCU Four’ may yet play some part in the 2006 Datapac Sigerson Cup which begins today.

Top sports athletes will be able to get places at an Irish university even if they do not have enough points, it emerged today.

Dublin City University (DCU) - the hosts of this season's Sigerson Cup finals weekend - will boast a star-studded line-up for the third-level football competiton.

DR NIALL MOYNA will take temporary charge of the Dublin footballers as the County Board continue their efforts to appoint a successor to Tommy Lyons.

ONE in four couch potatoes enjoy the comfort of their sofa so much they don't even want to try to get fit, a major all-Ireland health conference heard yesterday.