Amazing the things you pick up while out and about.

A come-from-behind second-half effort secured Tyrone their second win of the Super 8s series and, in the process, all but guaranteed themselves an All-Ireland semi-final berth.

After Cork’s 16-point shellacking at the hands of Tyrone in O’Moore Park 12 months ago, Ronan McCarthy stood defiantly in the tunnel and declared he knew the way forward.

Tyrone struck an early and perhaps decisive blow in their Super 8s opener at Hyde Park, where they scored a four-point win over Connacht champions Roscommon.

Twelve months ago against Mayo in the famous ‘Newbridge or Nowhere’ Qualifier, quality Kildare forwards like Niall Kelly, Paddy Brophy, Paul Cribben, and Daniel Flynn were inspirational.

There has been no wielding of the axe by the Clare management in the wake of last weekend’s 13-point hammering at the hands of Tipperary, with the team named for tomorrow’s game against Limerick showing just one change in personnel.

It’s taken him the best part of three years, but Michael Cassidy’s perseverance and patience have paid off.

Tyrone charged through to the Ulster SFC semi-finals with a demolition job at the Athletic Grounds.

Margin of error is something a lot of observers don’t consider when analysing a referee’s performance. Refs don’t go out with a plan to make mistakes but neither do they believe they are going to get everything 100% correct.

University of Ulster 1-13 UCD 0-18 (after double extra-time)

Brian O'Seanachain and Con O'Callaghan scored in the second period of double extra-time to book UCD's place in Saturday's Sigerson Cup final for the third year in a row.

The Ulster championship’s status as the undisputed market leader in competitive provincial combat took another tumble yesterday with Tyrone repeating last year’s 11-point victory over Derry on their return to Celtic Park.

The Government’s 12-18-month root and branch review of the gardaí will not be finalised until after Easter because further consultation with opposition parties is still needed.

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Tyrone 5-18 Cavan 2-17: Five goals and a five-star performance from Tyrone in reaching a first Ulster SFC final since 2010, but such was their dominance at Clones yesterday, nothing could be read into the final scoreline.

Tyrone 1-17 Cavan 0-15: Mickey Harte has spent the bones of nine years trying to fashion another All-Ireland-winning team, but he felt obliged to dampen the escalating talk of a serious summer assault yesterday after a comfortable win over Cavan in the Division Two final.

Tyrone 1-13, Fermanagh 0-9. Two pivotal second-half moments went a long way towards deciding the outcome of yesterday’s Dr McKenna Cup semi-final at Clones.

On paper, the turnaround has been remarkable.

On the basis of the announced team at least, Monaghan have chosen to leave well enough alone by naming the same 15 that started the Ulster final for tomorrow’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone.

Stephen O’Brien replaces Johnny Buckley in the only change to the Kerry side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Kildare in Croke Park (2pm).

Donegal 1-13 Tyrone 1-10: It wasn’t fitting that Donegal won nor was it that Tyrone lost. But there was no denying the appropriateness of Michael Murphy scoring the last three points of the game after enduring a dog of an afternoon.

Tyrone defender Aidan McCrory has posed a question for supporters to ponder as they make their way to Ballybofey for Sunday’s Ulster SFC opener against Donegal.

Tyrone 1-12 St Mary’s 0-03: Holders Tyrone moved to within touching distance of the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals with a comfortable if unimpressive win over St Mary’s at Healy Park.

Holders Tyrone are on the verge of a place in the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals following their 1-12 to 0-3 win over St Mary’s at Omagh today.

Ciarán McGinley will not play for Tyrone in 2015.

A “predator” who raped two mentally impaired brothers has been sentenced to eight years at the Central Criminal Court with the final two suspended.

Mayo boss John Maughan has made two changes to his side ahead of Sunday's NFL Div 1B clash with Laois in Ballinrobe.

Rory Brennan will rubberstamp his inter-county transfer to Mayo by making his debut in Sunday's NFL clash with Down on Sunday.

Former Sligo midfielder Rory Brennan is likely to declare for Mayo ahead of the new league and championship season.

Sligo make four changes from the side pipped by a point by Mayo in the

Sligo will field 11 members of the team which last year beat Mayo for the first time since 1975 when the teams meet again on Sunday in the Connacht Football semi-final.