After nearly a year of ‘Gatherings’ up, down, and around the country, it’s hard to believe the original Gathering is only a week away.

NEW YORK’S preparations for Sunday’s FBD Connacht League final against Galway are in turmoil following three management changes in the past month.

AS IF life isn’t difficult enough for the New York footballers, an injury crisis has been added to the list of exiles’ woes ahead of tomorrow’s Connacht SFC clash with Leitrim at Gaelic Park.

“THERE’S no joy anymore. There never will be without Siobhán.”

ARCHBISHOP Denis Hurley, OMI, who died suddenly in Durban, South Africa, last February, was well known in Ireland.