GAA player dies after match collapse

THE Kerry GAA player who collapsed during a local derby championship game at the weekend died yesterday.

Brendan O’Driscoll passed away shortly before 5pm at Cork University Hospital where he had been in intensive care since he fell ill last Sunday afternoon.

His family had maintained a constant vigil at his bedside throughout the week and they were last night being comforted by relatives and friends at their home in the west Kerry village of Camp.