HE still spins around Killarney on his bike at 55, looking as fresh as paint, uncreased by the stresses of life and Kerry’s roller-coaster ride to Croke Park.

My former midfield partner is at last getting the plaudits his talents and effort deserves

Pat Spillane fears Kerry may already be close to halfway into another 11-year spell without an All-Ireland title.

Saturday night, the first day of February, an orange weather warning across the country and still 26,000 fans turn out to watch the first game of the National League under lights.

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TO illustrate the most pressing issue currently facing the GAA, Ogie Moran reflects on a photograph of what he describes as a Kerins O’Rahilly’s “dream team” that won the 2006 Kerry minor football championship.

The tragic passing of young Fermanagh footballer Brian Óg Maguire has left the GAA community both shocked and saddened.

Since 2006, Kilkenny have played Limerick, Waterford and Tipperary in All-Ireland finals.

Former GAA president, Sean Kelly, said Croke Park was missing a great opportunity on All-Ireland final days by not allowing mascots parade with the competing teams.

John Egan was hailed as one of the ‘unsung heroes’ of Kerry football yesterday as former team-mates, GAA officials and admirers joined in paying tribute to the player credited with “terrorising defences”, for an innate ability to get “vital scores at vital times” and for perfecting the role of the corner-forward.

ONE of the pleasures of writing in these pages this past year was the opportunity to get an extensive one-to-one interview with Henry Shefflin.

IT’S goodbye to The Den after almost 25 years in one or more guises, after RTÉ yesterday unveiled its new range of children’s programmes.

DAVID MORAN will be available for Kerins O’Rahillys’ Munster club decider with Clare champions Kilmurry-Ibrickane at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

Cork hurling star Dónal Óg Cusack has received huge support for his frank and open revelation about his sexuality in his upcoming autobiography.

IN THEIR curmudgeonly moments, Kerry football supporters like to berate Mick O’Dwyer for his loyalty to the Golden Year greats at the expense of those hoping to prolong the Kingdom’s monopoly of the 70’s and 80’s.

THE U21 football grade has been very good to Kerry. Since its inception in 1964, the Kingdom have contested 14 finals winning nine.

Kerry 0-15 Roscommon 0-15

It’s a family matter for a trio of Kerry football greats this weekend, says Michael Moynihan.

Our GAA correspondent Jim O’Sullivan covers his 70th All-Ireland final tomorrow, 35 years after his first. Pat Spillane (pictured) fuelled the debate at the Ring of Kerry Golf Club this week about changing times, while Colm O’Connor stroked it.

GALWAY manager Conor Hayes moved to quell the expectation of players and supporters after Sunday’s stunning victory over Kilkenny.

Uncompromising on the field, Kerry’s Liam O’Flaherty and Eamonn Breen took a vow of silence off it. They built a career on being strong and silent. But they’ve mellowed, as Colm O’Connor found out.