One of the most interesting things about sport is how notions get stuck inside people’s heads and refuse to shift, regardless of the evidence available. A great example of this is the notion that the GAA is now ‘No Country For Old Men’.

With an incredible total of 24 FAI Cup final victories, Shamrock Rovers have a sense of ownership of the trophy, writes Liam Mackey

Before any debate can take place on your columnist Liam Mackey’s suggestion that Dundalk can now be considered one the greatest teams to play in the domestic league, it is necessary to have a proper list of declared runners.

With Kerry, Donegal and Mayo all winning last weekend and Dublin likely to do likewise next weekend, the cosy consensus is that the Big Four of last year’s championship are going to have it all to themselves again this year.

Just a few complimentary words to Donal Óg Cusack for his superb article (Irish Examiner, May 23) on the Waterford-Cork hurling rivalry.

Ryle Dwyer’s piece on the first Irish man to win an Olympic medal made for interesting reading but contains one piece of mythology that should be retired at this stage of Olympic scholarship.

With expectations of record high numbers taking higher level maths, there will be much focus on reaction and results from yesterday’s Leaving Certificate exams.

HIGHER-level maths proved controversial again after the first Leaving Certificate paper raised concerns among many students and their teachers.

FOR the first time the Olympic Torch could be carried through the streets of Dublin if negotiations between the London 2012 organising committee and the OCI President, Pat Hickey, reach a successful conclusion.

MOST of the 53,500 Leaving Certificate maths students took ordinary level Paper 1 after lunch, but Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) spokesperson Imelda Moloney said not many of those candidates would have been jumping for joy.

IT was day three of what has been a tough week for Leaving Certificate students, but no major controversy arose over their maths and geography exams.

THE second week of State exams began with second papers in maths followed by geography yesterday afternoon.

THE final maths exam came for thousands of students who sat the Leaving Certificate second papers yesterday morning.

EXAM students got stuck into their second maths exams yesterday morning and the general feeling was that Leaving Certificate papers were fairer than those of last Thursday.