TOM O’SULLIVAN will make his first start for the Kerry senior footballers since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat against Down in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Armagh in the Athletic Grounds.

BRIAN SHEEHAN and Colm Cooper will start for Kerry against Laois in the Allianz NFL semi-final at Killarney on Sunday.

Troops have been called in as the Government activates a tough anti-foot-and-mouth regime.