Diarmuid Connolly laid on a majestic performance at Croke Park, hitting a 2-5 tally to guide St Vincent’s to glory in the All-Ireland Club football final.

ST LOMAN’S 0-9 ST VINCENT’S 0-11

Wicklow 1-11 Dublin 0-10

Michael Fitzsimons will make his NFL debut for Dublin against Derry on Saturday night, as the Leinster champions' manager Pat Gilroy continues to blood new players.

MIDFIELDER Eamon Fennell will again feature for Dublin against Meath in tonight’s O’Byrne Cup replay despite the escalating controversy surrounding his attempted club transfer.

DUBLIN and Meath will have to do it all over again after 90 minutes of football failed to separate the old sparring partners in a thrilling O’Byrne Cup tie at Parnell Park yesterday.

Dublin 2-15 Meath 1-18 (after extra-time)

DUBLIN captain Paul Griffin has declared his opposition to a motion from his own county board that would give a second chance to provincial football champions who lose at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage.

IT was Dublin alright, but not as we know them.

MICHAEL McAULEY may get his chance to prove he’s Dublin’s new Ciarán Whelan when the 2010 season begins on Sunday.

IT was billed as the night to kick-start the GAA’s 125thanniversary celebrations but when last Saturday is recalled in years to come, it will be as the day Stephen O’Neill announced his second coming.

DUBLIN manager Pat Gilroy has handed debuts to two players for Saturday’s National league Division One tie against Tyrone at Croke Park.

Dublin 3-14 DCU 0-12