IT Sligo and QUB officials have slammed the GAA’s Higher Education committee for claiming both third-level institutions fielded ineligible players in the Sigerson Cup.

Queens University Belfast have confirmed they will contest their expulsion from the Sigerson Cup.

IT Sligo have been thrown out of the Sigerson Cup, for fielding an ineligible player against Queens University, while QUB have not been reinstated after it also emerged that they fielded ineligible players.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte says he will have a more "hands-on" role in training his senior football squad next season.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte is set to appoint a new backroom team following the departure of his assistant Tony Donnelly and team trainer Fergal McCann.

Sean Cavanagh has brushed off the latest criticism of him by RTÉ pundit Joe Brolly who accused the Tyrone player of dragging down would-be defenders following yesterday’s Ulster SFC defeat to Monaghan in Clones.

Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 0-14

The GAA insist sideline regulations have not been relaxed — despite a noticeable increase in the number of management and backroom officials at pitchside in the past couple of months.

Seán Cavanagh has described Tyrone’s capitulation in Killarney as a disgrace and an embarrassment.

Tyrone county secretary Dominic McCaughey has launched a scathing attack on RTÉ over the Seán Cavanagh rugby tackle outburst.

The head of the ESB should reply to a letter from the trustees of the company’s pension scheme that stated it was “difficult to comprehend” proposals to pay a €400m dividend to the State when there is a €1.7bn deficit in the scheme and a serious risk to its future funding, a High Court judge has said.

Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17 St Patrick’s Cullyhanna 0-8

Tyrone attacker Ronan O’Neill has been ruled out of Sunday’s Ulster Championship clash with Donegal.

Tony Donnelly has warned that the value of Tyrone’s flying start to the National Football League could be wiped out by All-Ireland champions Donegal this weekend.

MICKEY Harte is set to carry out a major overhaul of his Tyrone squad.

Tyrone’s hopes of claiming a win in Killarney this weekend have been handed a considerable boost with the news that Stephen O’Neill has been passed fit for the third round All-Ireland qualifier against Kerry.

TYRONE assistant manager Tony Donnelly doesn’t need any reminding of the perils that lurk in the shadows at Pearse Park.

TYRONE full-back Justin McMahon has received good news following a scan on his damaged ankle.

NEW YORK might have to earn the right to face an Irish team in the Connacht SFC if the North American County Board are successful in their quest to field a team in the All-Ireland SFC.

THE Tyrone players will take to the field for their first game of the season tonight with heavy hearts, but with a resolve to do justice to their desire of honouring the memory of Michaela McAreavey, according to trainer Fergal McCann.

Tyrone won’t be playing football this weekend, but when they do there’s another unspeakable tragedy to overcome. All Star defender Ryan McMenamin spoke to John Fogarty

DONAL O’GRADY last night spoke of the ‘talent and potential’ in Limerick hurling as he bids to restore the fortunes of a county rocked by controversy in 2010.

ONE of Ireland’s most illustrious sporting figures is to be immortalised in bronze in his home town.

Tyrone attacker Stephen O’Neill is in no danger of missing the Ulster final on July 18, despite limping off with a foot injury after just 11 minutes of last Saturday’s semi-final against Down.

TYRONE attacker Stephen O’Neill is in no danger of missing the Ulster final on July 18, despite limping off with a foot injury after just 11 minutes of last Saturday’s semi-final against Down.

THE general perception after Tyrone’s defeat of Antrim last month was of a side that had seen one too many summers.

Three-time All-Ireland winner Enda McGinley will be back in a Tyrone jersey for the Championship, after selector Tony Donnelly dismissed reports that the midfielder has quit the squad.

DUBLIN’S Allianz NFL and Leinster title hopes have been rocked by confirmation that captain Paul Griffin will miss the rest of the year.

FORMER Footballer of the Year Stephen O’Neill has been ruled out of action for at least six weeks after dislocating an elbow in Tyrone’s Dr McKenna Cup final defeat to Donegal at the weekend.

THE IDEA that plain old hard work and discipline are the twin planks of success can be hard to accept, particularly for perennial runners-up.

ANTHONY LYNCH is recalled to the Cork team for Sunday’s All- Ireland SFC semi-final clash with champions Tyrone at Croke Park.

MICKEY HARTE is delighted to see the emergence of a new force in Ulster football, but he won’t be offering any practical support to Antrim’s efforts to apply a fascinating new twist to the fairytale.

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THE Ulster Council has handed out stiff suspensions and imposed heavy fines on the clubs involved in a brawl at the end of an Ulster Club IFC game last month.

THE ESB has appointed its first female executive director.

THE developers of an out-of-town discount retail outlet on the main route linking Dublin with Cork and Limerick have announced plans for a €15 million investment programme that will double the size of the centre.

The board of ESB today announced the appointment of Mr Bernard Byrne as group finance director.

THE ESB has appointed group finance director Tony Donnelly as deputy chief executive of the company.

Tony Donnelly has been appointed as deputy chief executive of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB).

THE chairman of Tyrone County Board has issued an impassioned public apology to Eugene McKenna and his family for the hurt and anxiety they have suffered as a result of the controversy over the county management saga.