Paul ‘Pillar’ Caffrey, the man who handed Diarmuid Connolly his Championship debut, has admitted the forward’s mid-summer recall was “bizarre, a circus, unreal, a surprise”.

A Dublin football panel without a St Vincent’s club representative just doesn’t seem right.

Longing — wrote Don DeLilo in his opus Underworld — on a large scale, makes history.

Jim Gavin remains coy about the prospects of Diarmuid Connolly rejoining the Dublin senior panel.

I was walking into Croke Park last Sunday when I heard some fella calling me.

Rory Nolan is from Co Wicklow. He plays Ross O’Carroll Kelly in the stage show Postcards from the Ledge, with upcoming dates including Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, Feb 5-9; UCH, Limerick, Feb 12-16; and Cork Opera House, Feb 19-23, writes Des O'Driscoll.

A few moments before Patrick Fox spoke to TG4 after Sunday’s AIB Leinster club final win, he learned who Mullinalaghta would be playing next.

St Jude’s manager Padraic Monaghan pinpointed a powerful second-quarter showing as a crucial factor in his side’s stunning success over St Vincent’s in the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park yesterday.

Being “thrown in at the deep end” suited Amy O’Connor just fine. Rather than being inhibited by promotion to the Cork team while still a teenager, the St Vincent’s forward flourished with the responsibility placed on her young shoulders.

Here are the main talking points in the GAA world over the weekend.

Diarmuid Connolly made a return to competitive action when coming on as a second-half substitute for St Vincent’s in their Dublin Adult Hurling League Division 1 encounter against Craobh Chiaráin at Páirc Naomh Uinsionn last night.

Electric Picnic 2018 is on course to be an instant sell out as Kendrick Lamar, Massive Attack and NERD were unveiled as headliners of the Stradbally, Co Laois music festival.

St Vincent’s University Hospital, has apologised in court to the widow and family of a patient who died in the hospital for any shortcomings in his care as they today settled a High Court action for €150,000.

Taylor Swift - Reputation: 5/5

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest entertainment news and his top tips for the week ahead

An insipid Dublin SFC final was decided by the simple fact St Vincent’s weren’t as poor as their opponents.

No club has done more to make Dublin great yet, closer to home, Ballymun Kickhams have done surprisingly little to help themselves.

Extreme times call for extreme pop stars and Annie Clark fits the bill perfectly. After four progressively more audacious albums as St Vincent, her latest, Masseduction, may be her masterpiece — and the first great record of the Age of Trump. 

Extreme times call for extreme pop stars and Annie Clark fits the bill perfectly.

****

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of entertainment.

Enda Varley had his nose broken off the ball in the 2012 semi-final meeting of Mayo and Dublin and also played in the 2013 final. Gone from the county scene, he has since slipped behind enemy lines, playing his club football with St Vincent’s. Kieran Shannon discovers how he’s grown to appreciate his new surroundings and respect teammates like Diarmuid Connolly, but also sees a rivalry between his two homes slipping out of control

Mickey Harte has hailed the power of a Dublin-dominated Hill 16 but hopes there are no attempts from the terrace to interrupt tomorrow week’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Joe Ward last night hailed his first Irish title win since 2014 as the start of his journey back to international success.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final

Leah Hearne is from Cork city and is the co-ordinator for Cork County Culture Night which is coming up as part of the nationwide event on Friday, September 16.

Our regular arts writers select their highlights of the year. Today, it’s Ed Power’s turn.

Rookie Dublin midfielder Brian Fenton has revealed how he remembered his late mother, Marian, and Dublin GAA stalwart Dave Billings amid emotional scenes on All-Ireland final day.

MUSIC NEWS: Netflix subscribers now have access to two worthwhile music documentaries: Keith Richards: Under the Influence, in which the Rolling Stones guitarist talks about his new solo album and the sounds that have inspired him over the years; and Time Is Illmatic, the film that tells of Nas’s classic 1994 album, and his background in New York that gave rise to it. 

Diarmuid Connolly is set to be named in the Dublin team to face Mayo tomorrow in the hope he will be allowed to play.

She’s feisty, but she’s her own woman, writes Susan Griffin of the actress and model about to

Everything you need to know from the world of entertainment this week.

Cork Opera House