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Frank Roche: Dublin not in league of their own just yet

THERE are many sceptics out there who believe the National Leagues don't matter a damn.

Frank Roche: O'Byrne could be totally frozen out

THIS year's O'Byrne Cup could end up being shelved altogether if another weekend is lost to the longest cold snap in recent memory, writes Frank Roche.

Frank Roche: Whelan not for turning

PAT GILROY has dramatically floated the prospect of a Sky Blue comeback for Ciaran Whelan -- but the retired Dublin star is almost certainly not for turning.

McCarthy survives, but for how long?

WHERE to now for Limerick hurling? That is the inevitable question to ask after last night's scarcely overwhelming vote of confidence in the embattled Justin McCarthy to continue as their senior manager in 2010.

Christy's crusade looks unwinnable

SHOCK horror. GAA to tackle payment of managers. Again. It was with a jaundiced eye that Curve Ball initially read over the weekend that Christy Cooney was planning a crackdown on the long-established, nod-wink practice of paying GAA bosses at both club and county level.

Rebels blow Tyrone away

IT would be wrong to say no one saw this coming, but very few people saw it coming this way. Tyrone, putative team of the decade, were ultimately blown out of the water by 14 ravenous Cork men.

Limerick hit for six by class tipp

Premier men bury ghost of last year's semi defeat by dismantling Treatymen to secure their place in All-Ireland final

Lessons of past must be learned by Dublin

RAMPAGE: Tommy Walsh and his Kerry team-mates had the Dublin defence in all sorts of trouble from the start of Monday's match.

A MEMO for all you prophets of Kerry doom (this naysayer included): "Those who ignore the lessons of history are bound to repeat them."

Juggling dual roles is just not possible says Keaney

CONAL KEANEY has revealed that trying to play a dual role for Dublin this year was never an option, but he still harbours the ambition to one day return to his old Sky Blue hurling roots.

Lally back in Dublin squad but Brogan out of Tyrone opener

Declan Lally's inter-county exile is officially over, after he was restored to Pat Gilroy's Dublin football panel ahead of their high-profile National League opener against All-Ireland champions Tyrone.

Frank Roche: Dublin's fitness told: Kerry's O'Keeffe

DUBLIN aren't the only ones with a host of wannabes staking their claims to a county jersey. The same applied to Kerry yesterday and, according to Ger O'Keeffe, their young guns got something of a lesson, writes Frank Roche.

Frank Roche: New rules fail to make their mark as managers vent fury

THE experimental playing rules have received a distinctly lukewarm reaction after the first weekend of inter-county football action, with claims that the 'mark' could actually slow down the game and complaints about the new hand-passing rule too.

Frank Roche: Sir Rolex realises time’s not always on United’s side

Five measly minutes of injury time. It's an insult to football, we say! An insult to the world's most renowned watch-watcher, Sir Rolex Ferguson.

Frank Roche: 'Twas a decade of Noughty carry on

END of the year. End of the decade. But, you'll be glad to hear, Curve Ball won't be using this end-of-an-era excuse to rehash any lazy old column about the Team of the Noughties.

Mike Mac saga lingers despite Sparrow appointment

GER O'LOUGHLIN was formally ratified as Clare's new hurling manager last night, but the Mike Mac saga hasn't fully gone away with several more pot-shots fired against the players who forced the latter's removal.

GPA to study economic benefit of games for grants leverage

THE Gaelic Players Association will step up its campaign to preserve government-funded grants in the New Year with a study measuring how the Irish economy benefits from the playing of inter-county games.

Carnage at Croker

Meath's John Cullinane celebrates scoring his side's second goal as Kerry's Tommy Griffin looks for the nearest taxi.

Kerry will never forget the drubbing they suffered against Meath in 2001

This summer has been GAA meltdown season

DOWN AND OUT: Limerick goalkeeper Brian Murray watches another Tipperary goal go past him.

Is it just me, or is it a metaphor for this imploding little nation of ours, but do you get a weird sense of GAA meltdown this summer?

Lilies blast past laois

HANDS OFF: Kildare's Alan Smith shrugs off the chalenge of Laois' Rory Stapleton during their Leinster SFC semi-final

OH, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Back in 2005, John Doyle was part of a dishevelled Kildare team run into the ground by a gung-ho Laois. The final scoreline? 0-21 to 0-9.

Dublin concern over Croker fireworks display

The Dublin County Board has joined the chorus of complaint over the high cost of the Croke Park fireworks display marking the GAA's 125th anniversary celebrations.

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