Developer Owen O’Callaghan has been described as a humble man of integrity and a true gent who support many charities discreetly and charmed all those he met.

The biggest day in the Cork GAA calendar retains its lustre. The crowds may not be as big, and the venue is not at the end of that long leafy stroll down the Marina, but the prize remains the same.

The footballers of Shannon Rangers were already running behind schedule when they landed onto the Boherbee Road outside Austin Stack Park. The main entrance, though, was barely visible among the thousands of supporters attempting to make their way into the stadium. The men from North Kerry were stranded.

Milltown-Castlemaine 2-9 Austin Stacks 2-6: It could only happen in Kerry! Last year’s county champions Austin Stacks are staring down the barrel of relegation from the senior championship to the intermediate ranks in 2016.

Newmarket 2-14 Grenagh 0-10: Newmarket banished all fears of relegation from the Premier Intermediate Football Championship this year after a comprehensive dismissal of Grenagh at Castlemagner on Saturday night saw them deservedly book a spot in round four.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final

WHAT would Kerry have done if Eamonn Fitzmaurice had said No?

Proposals by the GAA’s Minor Review Work Group seek to prevent players at minor level from being burned out due to too many demands on their time.

Kerry minor selector John Galvin believes the county’s underage structures were neglected during the Kingdom’s senior glory run of the ’00s.

The outrage bus doesn’t discriminate. It takes all comers.

Pat Spillane’s hopes of becoming the next Kerry U21 manager appear to have been thwarted by the addition of Seamus Moynihan pictured to the ticket of existing boss Darragh Ó Sé.

The 2010 All-Ireland Champions Tipperary will meet either Kilkenny or Galway in Round 1 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Qualifiers.

St Nicholas 2-12 Newmarket 1-09

St Vincent’s 1-08 Newmarket 0-05

Aghada 1-08 Newmarket 0-09

Cookstown and Finuge have been asked by the GAA to submit their video footage of last month’s All-Ireland intermediate club final as they investigate a spitting offence against Paul Galvin.

Kerry’s Tony O’Keeffe has been appointed as successor to Clare’s Simon Moroney as chairman of the powerful Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC).

Kerry minor hurling manager Seanie O’Shea has stepped down from his post midway through his two-year term.

Douglas 2-14 Newmarket 0-4

Newmarket are full of surprises.

It is 14 years since Boherbue Comprehensive School last participated in a national decider and they are determined to savour tomorrow’s appearance in the All-Ireland Vocational JAFC final.

NEWMARKET tore the form book to shreds at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday to take the Premier IFC title for the first time in their history from an unfortunate Clyda Rovers, 3-6 to 1-10.

Bantry Blues 1-11 Newmarket 1-9

A LATE point by Conor Lehane earned Midleton a deserved draw, 0-19 to 2-13, with Glen Rovers in a keenly contested Evening Echo Cork SHC quarter-final at Páirc Ui Chaoimh yesterday.

St Vincent’s 1-9 Newmarket 1-8

THE Corn Uí Mhuirí hasn’t been kind to Seanie Walsh.

NO PLANS to retire: that’s the official word from Cork’s Brian Corcoran.

AUSSIE Rules club Sydney Swans have opened negotiations on a new contract for Tadhg Kennelly in a bid to extend the Kerryman’s time Down Under.

THERE was a deafening silence at last night’s meeting of the Cork County Board regarding the decision taken at the GAA Congress to amend Rule 42.

THE public will have greater access to tickets for championship fixtures via the internet, GAA President Seán Kelly said yesterday.

CROKE PARK bosses yesterday launched a complex fixture programme as part of the revamped Guinness All-Ireland SHC.

THE Games Administration Committee has begun its investigation into the disgraceful scenes which followed the drawn Cork/Laois All-Ireland minor football quarter-final in Limerick on Saturday.

NEMO RANGERS will be without the suspended Michael Morgan for tonight’s permanent tsb Cork IFC clash in Macroom (8pm).

THE chairman of Croke Park’s GAC, Tony O’Keeffe, has pledged to act on a bizarre rules anomaly which again surfaced in last Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier between Roscommon and Kildare.

Erins Own 1-15, Sarsfields 0-18

COMPETING counties in this year’s All-Ireland senior finals can look forward to receiving an extra 1,500 tickets each, but the general allocation to counties will be reduced by approximately 5%, the GAA’s Central Council has agreed.

THE Games Administration Committee will not shirk its responsibility when it comes down to penalising players for acts of indiscipline, chairman Tony O’Keeffe stressed yesterday.

BARRY O’Shea won’t dismiss out of hand the idea of being the next Kerry captain but he has experienced enough of the ups and downs of inter-county football to realise the talk may amount to nothing more than media speculation.

TONY O’KEEFFE certainly doesn’t want Sunday’s All-Ireland final to end in a draw.