Yesterday morning when awakening to the realisation that our summer drought had been temporarily disrupted, those of us with a more positive disposition heading to Croke Park would have been mindful that a previous Galway-Kerry All-Ireland quarter-final played at headquarters had also been accompanied by considerable precipitation.

AT the halfway point of the decade, I selected the players who were best positioned to make any all-decade side.

THE Mayo County Board has had further reason to rue the Kieran Donaghy ‘wooden spoon’ incident this week with the installation of temporary CCTV cameras costing them €3,000.

Kerry target man Kieran Donaghy will miss his side's NFL Division 1A clash with Laois on Saturday after being slapped with a one-match suspension.