Former Tyrone star Owen Mulligan believes the ‘knives will be out’ for long-serving manager Mickey Harte if the Red Hand fail to come through tomorrow’s tricky All-Ireland qualifier trip to Newbridge.

Ryan McHugh has put his injuries behind him and is now concentrating his efforts on getting Donegal back to Division 1 and preparing for the defence of the Ulster SFC come summer.

Former Tyrone attacker Owen Mulligan has criticised the GAA's proposed one-game suspension of Donie Smith for an apparent eye-gouge as a "cop out".

Experienced Dublin defender Jonny Cooper has rejected claims that he’s a deliberately cynical and ‘nasty’ player who trades in ‘cute whorism’.

Croke Park will surely be filled with a very different type of atmosphere next Sunday afternoon than the peaceful holiness brought by Pope Francis last weekend.

Regardless of how the CCCC occasionally surprises us, with Ballybofey or Omagh unlikely to host an All-Ireland semi-final in this or any foreseeable lifetime, this is a big as it gets — or will ever get — in the north-west.

Former Tyrone star Owen Mulligan has suggested the county narrowed their Omagh pitch for the Super 8 clash with Dublin in preparation for this weekend’s showdown with Donegal.

Mickey Harte is refusing to shed any more light on why the Healy Park pitch was narrowed for Tyrone's recent Super 8 defeat to Dublin.

Not that long ago, but before TV3 let alone Sky Sports started covering the qualifiers and before the GAA was routinely accused of selling its soul, a team that had contested the previous year’s All-Ireland final was drawn away to a Leinster team with one of the worst and smallest stadiums in the country, just like Mayo were to Kildare last Monday morning.

Laois are on the lookout for a new manager after Eamonn Kelly stepped down after two years in charge.

Mark Bradley believes he can strike up a potent attacking partnership with Tyrone’s new scoring sensation Lee Brennan.

Bryan Sheehan feels it may take two years for David Clifford to adapt fully to life as a senior inter-county player.

Former All-Ireland winning Tyrone defender Conor Gormley has admitted the county lacks serious firepower and has challenged the current forwards to prove they’re ‘marquee’ talents.

Jack McCarron’s audacity last Sunday has re-opened the debate about the great Croke Park Gaelic football goals. 

Ahead of Sunday’s first Championship clash between Tyrone and Dublin since 2011, former Tyrone footballer Owen Mulligan claims Mickey Harte must be offered a fresh deal, that Sean Cavanaghm should stay on too, and that the Red Hands are poised for success.

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Carlow booked their place in tomorrow’s qualifier draw after edging a dour defensive battle with London at Ruislip.

Hard to believe it is almost 10 years since Tyrone won the last of their three All-Irelands, writes Colm Cooper.

Owen Mulligan’s London debut ended in disappointment as Leitrim escaped from McGovern Park with a narrow victory.

Tyrone legend Owen Mulligan has ruled out the prospect of playing for London footballers in the championship.

Owen Mulligan’s admission he didn’t deserve his third All-Ireland medal in 2008 isn’t the only example of a player reluctant to lay claim to an All-Ireland title.

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Former Tyrone star Owen Mulligan still feels he doesn’t deserve the last of his three All-Ireland medals, won in 2008 against Kerry.

Paul Keane lists five transfers that would turn the Allianz League on its head.

Mayo will be aiming to make it a first championship replay win in 10 years when they face Dublin for the second time on Saturday week.

The suspicion that the modern inter-county player is a joyless soul with an unhealthy preference for protein shakes over pints, is deep-rooted in our psyche now.

A former Tyrone footballer has avoided conviction for refusing to give a blood or urine sample because gardaí failed to inform him of his obligations, a court has ruled.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The case of former Tyrone footballer and BBC television pundit Owen Mulligan has been adjourned again — this time to allow Mr Mulligan’s legal team to study submissions handed in to Listowel District Court yesterday on behalf of the State.

Former Tyrone footballer Owen Mulligan told Listowel District Court yesterday that he didn’t think the man who arrived at Listowel Garda Station in the early hours to take a blood or urine sample from him — where he was under arrest on suspicion of drink driving — was a doctor.

When I think about this Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final between Tyrone and Kerry, it gives me the tingles. 

The Central Hearings Committee (CHC) face a busy schedule in Croke Park this and tomorrow evening as they address challenges to the proposed bans for Tiernan McCann and two players arising from last month’s Dublin-Armagh challenge game.

Kieran Shannon looks back at three epic encounters on Sunday, June 26, 2011 that proved to be momentous moments in shaping the destinies of three provincial championships.

There’s little in sport as distasteful, as sly and scurrilous sledging, yet little as smile-inducing as a bit of witty in-game trash-talking either.

Mickey Harte has told the Tyrone County Board that he is not stopping any of his players conducting interviews with RTÉ.

Former inter-county stars Tomás O’Sé, Owen Mulligan and Dermot Earley have come out in support of Dublin footballer Eoghan O’Gara after accusations of biting an opponent in Sunday’s Leinster final were levelled against him.

The GAA are expected to launch an investigation into Meath manager Mick O’Dowd’s claim that Mickey Burke was bitten by a Dublin player, after the player’s claim was mentioned in the referee’s report.

The chill factor in Killarney tomorrow won’t be the western breeze but the cooling of jets.

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“Until the countdown to an event we are obliged to adhere to social conditioning even to the extent of chatting to the timekeeper, officials or other riders.

Ghost-writing a Gaelic footballer’s autobiography can be a daunting task and the horrific experience suffered by one journalist a few years ago provides a lasting reminder of how it can all go horribly wrong.