At this morning's Irish Examiner Breakfast of Champions at the Clayton Hotel Cork City, Examiner Sport columnists Ronan O'Gara, Donal Lenihan, Tommy Lyons and Ruby Walsh are tackling the hot topics in rugby and racing.

TOMMY LYONS ended his stint as Dublin football manager in Parnell Park last night in the very same manner he entered it almost three years ago — head held high and with a smile.

They beat Liam Cahill's Waterford in a soggy Fraher Field with 2,976 in attendance.

New boss Tommy Lyons steered Dublin to a sensational Leinster football championship semi-final win over Meath at Croke Park, their first success against the Royals in seven years.

KEVIN HEFFERNAN once announced that an All-Ireland final win against Kerry was actually worth two. Tommy Lyons would go even further.

THE Dubs’ dream of football glory died in a packed Croke Park yesterday when Armagh snatched a one-point victory which puts them into an All-Ireland final against Kerry in three weeks’ time on September 22.

CONDITIONS are certain to be testing at Naas tonight, so it is vital to have horses who will go through the ground on your side.

Human remains recovered in Ireland today are believed to be those of an Englishman who has been missing since April.

Football's most successful manager, Mick O'Dwyer, is believed to have decided to step down as Laois manager.

All-Ireland Football Quarter-Final Weekend continues today, with two more matches to be played out in front of almost eighty thousand at Croke Park.

There is a packed schedule today in the Allianz National Football League.

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

PRESIDENT Sean McCague believes floodlit games could soon be an integral part of the GAA season.

Dublin 0-12 Tyrone 0-7