No dilemmas for the O'Dwyers

JOHN O'DWYER was on board an aircraft, returning from the Leinster football final when the draw for the fourth round of the Bank of Ireland football qualifier competition was announced, pitting Kerry against Kildare.

When he heard the news on arrival in Farranfore he thought at first he was being wound up. It was incomprehensible to believe that in his first year as a Kerry selector he would be involved in a game that could mark the last managerial hurrah for Mick O'Dwyer, the footballing legend and his father.

A Killorglin-based solicitor and living in Tralee, he has approached today's Thurles showdown without fuss, following a routine perfected in a Waterville household through the years.