Donnchadh Walsh: Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy back for 2017

The way Donnchadh Walsh uttered it, he didn’t intend for it to be news, but news it most certainly is — Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy are set to be part of the Kerry effort this season.

On the day that Aidan O’Mahony announced his decision to call time on his inter-county career, Walsh’s revelation couldn’t have been timelier. “I’m fairly confident that (O’Mahony) will be it,” he said about the extent of Kerry retirements.

“We’ll be putting the head down and knowing the numbers we have for the rest of the year.