No looking back

Both Kerry and Tyrone’s county boards have dismissed the possibility of the ugly Dromid Pearses-Derrytresk episode having an impact in their third round qualifier in Killarney this Saturday (5pm throw-in).

The January episode following the clubs’ All-Ireland junior semi-final in Portlaoise damaged relations between the counties. However, both chairmen are confident there will be no impact from the controversy in Fitzgerald Stadium.

“That’s gone. It’s history,” said Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan. “Everybody in Kerry has moved on and no doubt the people in Tyrone have as well. This is about two footballing teams playing football and only that. When the game is finished it’s finished and that will be that.”