WHEN you’re six ft six, the view over the horizon is as good as the one over your shoulder. Mike Quirke appears an unlikely weathervane for the state of Kerry football, but he has an unique perspective of the Kingdom’s pasts, present and its future.

WHEN the whistle finally blew on Alan Shatter’s Cabinet career it was greeted by audible intakes of breath followed by a disbelieving silence in the Dáil.

Talk all you like about defensive systems and structures and so on, but when it comes down to it, nothing beats thumping the ball into the square for a big man.

A mucky and miserable Mullingar workout for Cork, one which Kieran Kingston’s charges were most fortunate to escape from with a win.

On International Kissing Day we recall the kisses we best remember, writes Rita de Brún.

You have your choice of Munster final metrics this morning.

When I was in charge of Kerry one of the our mantras at different stages was: “Earn the right to play, then play.”

If the championship is Broadway and the NHL off-Broadway, how would you describe last Saturday night?