So why is Jim Gavin being all unreasonable? You might recall recently that charges of criminal blasphemy were dropped against actor and comedian Stephen Fry.

Monaghan and Carlow have booked their places in round three of the All-Ireland Football Qualifiers.

Mayo boss Stephen Rochford will have to plan without Alan Freeman for the foreseeable future as the talented forward has left the squad.

Kerry’s dreadful early home league record continued in Tralee this evening when they were reeled in by a more purposeful Mayo effort.

UU 0-9 UCD 1-18: After a tight, combative first half of immense quality, Sigerson Cup holders UCD raced away in the second-half to crush 13-man University of Ulster at Jordanstown.

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Kerry 3-15 Roscommon 0-14: How typical was this?

Kildare 0-22 Clare 1-14: Despite losing out to Kildare in a high-octane shootout, Clare will still join their conquerors in Division 2 next year.

As a retired high school teacher it should come as no surprise that Barney McAleenan has his homework done. Thoroughly done, at that.

I recently read an article in The Guardian in which the columnist was bemoaning the closure of the fabled Sports Illustrated library in New York. A sure sign of how the changing demands of readers is dictating how mainstream media now operates.

A highly anticipated Cork County Board meeting last night allowed delegates to air grievances, but the only real development was the announcement of the composition of the committee to find the new county football manager.

The Cork County Board could find itself in hot water with Croke Park after claiming a refereeing decision "quite probably" cost them a Munster title and a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

James Owens improved his chances of refereeing his first senior All-Ireland hurling final with an impressive handling of the Galway-Cork All-Ireland quarter-final yesterday.

After taking some heat for the penalty decision which changed the course of the Munster final in Killarney a few weeks ago, Padraig Hughes erred on the side of caution in Cavan on Saturday night.

James O’Donoghue has rubbished claims that the Kerry footballers attempt to influence referees during games, describing the articles which carried the allegation as "absolutely horrendous".

Before the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the All Blacks did an exercise with control circles called The Attention Seeker. Two circles were drawn on a white board, one titled ‘Can Control’ and another titled ‘Can’t Control’.

Longford 0-11 Kildare 2-24: Just last week, Offaly manager Pat Flanagan asserted that so-called weaker counties consistently got the short end of the stick when it came to getting decisions against teams with higher profiles.

The referee at the heart of the disputed goal in Limerick’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier win over Westmeath in Mullingar last Sunday said he never doubted he and his umpire had made the right call in awarding the score.

“To rock up” is one of those great new verbs. It came to mind watching Bryan Sheehan approach each of the five frees he kicked on Sunday.

The most maligned team in Gaelic football only went and answered their critics yesterday — just as the baiting reached fever pitch with even ‘yerra’ merchants from Kerry breaking cover.

Most of the 35,000-plus in Fitzgerald Stadium didn’t see Brian Cuthbert’s reaction at the final whistle, but he articulated it well enough in the aftermath to conjure up a revealing picture of despair.

Kerry 2-15 Cork 3-12

David Brady believes his fellow Mayo man Cillian O’Connor would be receiving more praise were he from another county.

David Coldrick will have been pleasantly surprised by the sporting nature of his Ulster Championship game at the Athletic Grounds and to see Donegal playing down the clock from the 60th minute.

Galway manager Kevin Walsh expressed frustration at the amount of injury time played at the end of the second-half, calling on GAA top brass to consider using a stop-clock.

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Mayo 1-15 Galway 2-8: A welcome return of the fire and brimstone long associated with this age-old football rivalry, even if Mayo’s dominance continues to reach unprecedented heights.

A blistering second-half start – in which the visitors hit an unanswered 1-3 – powered Mayo to a fifth consecutive championship win over Galway this afternoon.

Cork defender Jamie O’Sullivan is unavailable for selection for the Rebels’ Munster SFC opener against Clare on Sunday due to a suspension which Croke Park did not communicate correctly to Cork GAA officials.

It was at a post-Congress press briefing in February that GAA director general Páraic Duffy admitted time-keeping was an issue for the organisation.

As sure as night follows day, the opening of the championship prompts the usual suspect collection of talking points. The structure of the competition.

Cork footballer Jamie O’Sullivan has been cleared to play against Clare in the Munster SFC semi-final on June 14 after GAA authorities deemed he had no case to answer arising from an incident in last month’s Division 1 final.

The two live TV games yesterday were boosted by impressive performances by both referees who applied the rules consistently.

Cavan chairman Gerry Brady has revealed their senior football management will speak to players about avoiding verbals ahead of Sunday’s Ulster quarter-final derby with Monaghan.

Corofin produced an hour of scintillating football to put an end to St Vincent’s reign as AIB All-Ireland senior club football champions.

University of Ulster 0-10 DCU 3-10