WHAT a strange football year it’s been! One of twists and of turns! One of defiant unity and bitter division! One of utter dejection, and pure unbridled elation! 

And then there were two. The death of Fr Peter Quinn is the removal of another link to Mayo’s back-to-back All-Ireland winning side of 1950 and ’51. Now only two remain — full-back Paddy Prendergast who lives in Tralee, and centre forward Padraig Carney, a doctor in the US.

Derry 4-6 Tyrone 1-16: Derry boss Damian Barton was left bemused after a controversial second-half red card helped Tyrone to victory in an pulsating McKenna Cup clash before before 5,179 spectators at Owenbeg.

Shane Curran has warned the inequalities that beset Gaelic football at present could see the sport in ruins in 20 years’ time.

Ten years on, former GAA president Sean Kelly reflects on the opening of Croke Park.

In recent weeks, the GAA’s leadership have returned fire at Joe Brolly for his "over-the-top" comments about player welfare, writes John Fogarty.

Joe Brolly has been asked to consider running for the GAA presidency in the future — but is sceptical about being straight-jacketed in the role.

The third week of Leaving Certificate exams kicked off with papers for students of physics and accounting.

Aogán Ó Fearghail says he is going to be an ambassadorial President.

1. Páraic Duffy, Director general

He will be an old style uachtarán. He will be a figurehead and an ambassador.

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A soccer fortress turned GAA ground, once home to Cork Hibs, presently the secondary venue of the Cork County Board.

The final week of the 2013 State exams got under way with physics and accounting for Leaving Certificate students.

Ireland’s ambassador to Russia, Philip McDonagh, said recovering assets related to the Quinn family may help trade relations between the two nations.

One of Seán Quinn’s daughters has told the Commercial Court she opened four Dubai bank accounts after legal action was initiated to prevent the family stripping multimillion-euro assets in the Quinn’s international property group.

Bankrupt former tycoon Seán Quinn has expressed fears of being sent back to jail.

Bankrupt former tycoon Sean Quinn, who was released from prison today, has expressed fears of being sent back to jail.

It was the renowned sportswriter Hugh McIlvanny who spoke of the the larcenous nature of death, its habit of breaking in on us when we are least prepared for it and stealing the irreplaceable. He was speaking of Jock Stein, but the feeling can seldom have been more painfully experienced than on the roads and boithríns around West Kerry last night.

Ex-billionaire Sean Quinn will tonight spend his first night behind bars after a multimillion-euro asset-stripping plot finally caught up with him.

Ex-billionaire Sean Quinn "has only himself to blame" for a nine-week jail sentence over his role in multimillion-euro asset-stripping activities, a High Court judge declared today.

The High Court has today imposed a nine-week jail sentence on bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn for contempt of court.

“Judas” and “Fair play to you, Seán” were the contrasting cries to greet Seán Quinn as he emerged from the Four Courts yesterday.

Evidence uncovered in recent months shows that Seán Quinn Jr exercised day-to-day control over a group of companies with major property interests in eastern Europe, right up until his jailing for contempt on Jul 20 last.

An attempt to have the Sam Maguire Cup present at the rally in support of the Quinn family in Cavan last weekend was turned down by the GAA.

Seán Quinn Jnr will find out today whether he has to stay in prison or he is to be freed.

A senior Fine Gael figure has accused the brother of bankrupt billionaire Seán Quinn of dishonouring the role of GAA president.

A senior Fine Gael figure has accused the brother of bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn of dishonouring the role of GAA president.

Bankrupt billionaire Seán Quinn was close to tears yesterday as more than 5,000 people came out in support in his hometown.

A senior judge has questioned why the son of bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn should be freed from jail.

Lawyers for Sean Quinn Junior say it was legally wrong for the High Court to jail him for contempt in order to encourage his father to comply with orders secured by IBRC bank.

The son of ex-billionaire Sean Quinn has appeared in court after he forgot to produce a valid insurance certificate as his family’s empire was put into receivership.

Despite his nephew being in prison and his own son being a fugitive from justice here, Peter Quinn has said the next generation of his family will “be back in business and will succeed”.

The Quinn family has been made scapegoats of the financial crisis surrounding the former Anglo Irish bank, Peter Quinn has claimed.

Former president of the GAA Peter Quinn Sr has claimed his fugitive son Peter Darragh Quinn twice tried to purge his contempt of court but the former Anglo Irish Bank would not accept it.

Peter Darragh Quinn suspected that he was about to receive a prison sentence before failing to attend a court hearing two weeks ago, his father has said today.

Peter Darragh Quinn intends staying in the North and “won’t be going back” to face jail in the Republic, according to his father Peter Quinn.

The claim by Peter Quinn, brother of bankrupt Seán and father of fugitive Peter Darragh Quinn, that our court system is “corrupt” cannot go unchallenged. It also shows how far the Quinns will go to avoid the consequences of a disastrous share gamble.

The nephew of bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn will not be returning to the Republic of Ireland, his father has revealed.

Former tycoon Sean Quinn has denied his gamble on shares in the former Anglo Irish Bank collapsed the rogue lender and Ireland’s banking system.

Bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn has insisted he does not know the whereabouts of his on-the-run nephew, who has been pictured in his native Fermanagh.

If you had arrived direct from Mars, a radio interview yesterday with Sean Quinn Sr and his daughter Colette-Marie would have melted your heart, says Michael Clifford

Seán Quinn Jr got a “welcome to jail” cheer when he arrived into the Mountjoy training unit canteen at lunchtime on Saturday.