DUBLIN football manager Paul Caffrey will meet his hurling counterpart Humphrey Kelleher on Sunday to discuss the dual player issue.

RTÉ analyst and former Meath footballer Colm O’Rourke has apologised to Tyrone’s Allstar attacker Brian Dooher for remarks he made four months ago.

By Jim O’Sullivan says Red Hand celebrations a distraction for U21’s as they face Dublin showdown

CARLOW have appointed former Kildare player Mick Condon as manager of their intercounty senior football side.

IT’S a bit early in the season to be having regrets, but John O’Mahony and Tommy Lyons each realise that slip-ups along the way have proved costly in terms of Galway and Dublin progressing in the Allianz National Football League.

Kerry 2-11

WESTMEATH have left the centre half forward berth vacant for Saturday’s televised Division 1A clash with Cork under lights at Páirc Uí Rinn.

YOU know the surname and its association with high-calibre goalkeeping during Kerry’s golden years.

FLASHY BEAU, from the in-form Ger Lyons yard, gets the nap to land the Baltrasna Fegentri Handicap at Fairyhouse tonight.

Dublin 1-13 Leitrim 0-4

LAOIS’ hopes of retaining the Leinster SFC title this summer could be hit by the news that Allstar goalkeeper Fergal Byron is considering dropping himself off the panel for personal reasons.

JOE Kernan believes Portlaoise can win their second AIB All-Ireland club football title on St. Patrick’s Day.

LIMERICK are taking no chances ahead of their Bank of Ireland, Munster SFC semi-final clash with next-door neighbours Clare at Cusack Park, Ennis on Sunday next.

Dublin 3-9, Derry 1-9

SELECTOR Dave Billings has rejected the notion that Dublin are simply the same old team underachieving with the same old faces as they look to continue their progress through the qualifiers in Leitrim tomorrow.

Mark Gallagher wipes a tear from his eye as he recalls 365 sporting days of highs and lows, winners and losers, some guts and a lot of glory.

DUBLIN defender Paul Curran, who missed the drawn All-Ireland SFC quarter-final meeting with Donegal through injury, is set to return to training later this week.

SUNDAY has been a long time coming for John Gildea. The power-house midfielder has toiled with Donegal for the best part of a decade, yet Sunday will be his first All-Ireland semi-final.

WITHOUT question, Billy Morgan was the happier of the two managers coming off the field in Parnell Park at the end of yesterday's Allianz National Football League tie.

IT’S a little odd that people should be surprised by the presence of traditional heavyweights like Dublin and Derry in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals.