James O’Donoghue set for long layoff from Kerry panel 

Footballer of the year James O’Donoghue will miss most of Kerry’s 2015 National Football League schedule to allow him time to fully recover from scheduled shoulder surgery.

Kerry team medics nursed O’Donoghue through the latter end of the All-Ireland-winning campaign to protect the shoulder problem he aggravated in the quarter-final win over Galway.

However the Legion man has been advised to have the problem sorted surgically and he will have the procedure on Friday in Dublin, and will be sidelined for between four and six months.