COLM COOPER, Tomás O Sé and Donnacha Walsh all return to the Kerry team for Bank Holiday Monday football quarter-final showdown with Dublin.

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has resisted the temptation to tinker with the team that beat Laois by 15 points, selecting an unchanged side for Sunday's Leinster SFC final against Dublin (Croke Park, throw-in in 2pm).

WHEN Kildare’s management sat down after last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Cork, one key decision headed their 2009 to do list.

KILDARE have taken a novel approach to the address the number of frees awarded against them by Cormac Reilly in their Leinster SFC quarter-final win over Wexford – they invited the referee to take charge of a training session.

“VERY happy,” declared Cork manager Gerald McCarthy following last night’s senior hurling challenge win over Waterford, “especially in the circumstances in which we found ourselves.

KILDARE have been forced to make changes for Sunday’s Leinster SFC clash with Wicklow in Croke Park because of injuries to a number of regular players.

DENIS CONNERTON has stepped down as Longford football manager in the wake of their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Dublin.