The stadium floodlights of Croke Park will today be dimmed and 14 flames will light up Hill 16 as the GAA marks the 95th anniversary of the events of Bloody Sunday, which happened during the War of Independence.

Kerry bid for their second back-to-back All-Ireland in less than a decade tomorrow at Croke Park, but you’d have got long odds on that in 2012 after they’d lost a quarter-final to Donegal. No-one was putting their hand up to replace Jack O’Connor, something Kerry GAA chairman Patrick O’Sullivan recognised better than most. So what’s changed? And how much longer can the Kingdom stay top of the tree

In yesterday’s Irish Examiner, we carried a transcript of Brian Cody’s absorbing interview with six journalists in the bar of the CityWest Hotel on Sunday morning.

One change had been expected, but Brian Cody last night made three for tomorrow’s All-Ireland final from the side that started against Limerick.

Work yesterday, as it so often does in this business, involved a lot of footwork.

Mayo 1-16 Tyrone 0-13

The GAA’s family funzone will be available to supporters visiting Croke Park once again this Sunday.

The GAA last night expressed delight with the attendance figures for the bumper weekend just passed — and the summer in general — with the combined numbers climbing well over the 100,000 mark for the first time this season.

THE GAA has been accused of trying to turn Croke Park into “an adventure sports park” after the sports organisation submitted plans which would allow visitors to engage in abseiling and ziplining off the roof of the stadium.

Clarinbridge 2-18 O'Loughlin Gaels 0-12

COMMITTED, exuberant and, by the end, they threatened to blow the roof off the stadium.

Waterford 1-20 Tipperary 1-18

DESCRIBED by Shaun Edwards as one of the very best players in rugby, league or union, the electrifying Shane Williams says self-belief has been the key factor in Wales’ drive towards a tilt at another Grand Slam against France on Saturday.

THE Irish players had harsh words for the Croke Park pitch, but stadium director Peter McKenna defended the controversial sward by comparing it to the best the Premiership has to offer.

THE BIGGEST weekend of the 2006 GAA calendar looms large on the horizon, but the questions over relegation, promotion and semi-final spots continue to lie in the shade.

Croke Park's Canal End, originally built in 1949, is set to be named after the GAA's first ever president, Maurice Davin.