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Darragh Ó Sé: Hunger is a cliche but it’s the key to retaining All-Ireland

Loss of Jack McCaffrey and Rory O’Carroll may just be the jolt Dublin need

Jack O’Connor determined to end Kerry U-21s’ losing streak

Talented Kingdom side set to host Munster champions Tipperary in Tralee

Homeless man died from brain injury from fall after assault

Inquest into death of Vincent Morgain adjourned to allow criminal case conclude

Setanta happy to reveal ‘we’re pretty much wearing everything we own’

Advertisers believe the League is watched by accident-prone gamblers

Kerry’s Declan O’Sullivan retires from Gaelic football

The 31-year-old has struggled with unjuries for much of his career

Injury-time equaliser secures second chance for Legion

Dramatic finale sends Kerry senior football final to replay after low-scoring encounter

David Moran braced for the task of locking horns with a focused Tyrone

The Kerry midfielder was on the losing side in the final at Croke Park in 2008

Darragh Ó Sé: Strong mentality always comes to fore in replay

Cork and Kerry will be desperate to avoid the qualifiers with Dublin waiting to pounce

Jim McGuinness: Munster replay will be shaped by team that learns most

Cork have made significant ground but need to improve by same distance to beat Kerry

Impact of Sky’s GAA coverage to test Setanta

‘Last year probably forced a lot of people to consider paying for GAA on TV for first time’

Tommy Walsh set to return for Kerry in January

Forward back in Kingdom after moving to Australia to play AFL in 2009

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Despite ‘corrective work’ on his knees Declan O’Sullivan retires aged 30

The tributes have flooded in for the Kerry attacker who has won every intercounty honour available

Three men charged in connection with €80 million cocaine seizure on yacht

John Powell (70), Benjamin Mellor (35,) and Thomas Britteon (28) from Britain appear before special sitting of Cork District Court

Emotional intelligence favours Donegal in final, says Kieran McGeeney

But Kerry have geography and James O’Donoghue on their side

Donegal’s Eamon McGee relishes chance to face Kieran Donaghy again

Full back believes self pity is useless as he prepares to face Kerry in All-Ireland final

Underage no longer a barometer for future success

Other factors, especially the Sigerson Cup, need to be taken account when judging senior winning sequences

Hunger still there as Kerry Declan O'Sullivan prepares for ninth final

Declan O’Sullivan says Donegal present the greatest test so far of Kerry’s evolution

Kerry and Donegal have to come back from training camps with everyone knowing their job

Darragh Ó Sé: This weekend is intense but it lays the foundation for the biggest game of their lives

Mayo must decide whether to throw caution to the wind this time

James Horan has to opt between again adopting a cautious strategy or this time going for the Kerry jugular

Kingdom’s more potent attack can point the way to victory

Weakness in Mayo full-back line can be exploited while Dublin’s scoring machine looks poised to wear down Donegal

Mayo name an unchanged team as Lee Keegan cleared to line out in semi-final replay

All Star wing-back was able to avoid suspension on the basis of a technicality

Nothing to choose between Mayo and Kerry

Sublime Kieran O’Leary point denies fourteen-man Connacht champions and sets up semi-final replay

O’Sullivan has vital role to play against Mayo in semi-final

Eamonn Fitzmaurice will keep the three-time All Star as an option in All-Ireland clash

Kerry put their faith in youth for Mayo clash

Eamonn Fitzmaurice could hardly have named a less experienced team

Mayo train not yet ready to be derailed

New-look Kerry team may be at full-steam ahead but their final destination remains down the line

James O’Donoghue provides the cutting edge as Kerry march on

Inexperienced Galway left to rue a costly string of first-half wides

Mayo still have plenty or room for improvement with Kerry looming

James Horan will be happy his side survived a good test but he still has problems to address at both ends of the pitch

Kerry weather Galway revival to claim semi-final spot

Concession of two goals will be an issue for Eamonn Fitzmaurice to deal with

Eamonn Fitzmaurice quietly plotting Kerry’s fortunes

The young manager likes consensus, but he likes to overturn it too when required

Mayo have incentive to get over Cork

Experienced Kerry players unlikely to be stopped by Galway

James O’Donoghue a featured player as Kerry cast changes

Forward has embraced responsibilty to become a star of the side as they get ready to face Galway

Michael Geaney added to Kerry side for quarter-final clash with Galway

Quad muscle injury to Stephen O’Brien forces change for Croke Park encounter

Kerry can’t know how good they are because not a single Cork player showed up last Sunday

When the euphoria abates, Eamonn Fitzmaurice would have liked a closer game

Phantom menaces of Cork and Dublin swept aside as empires strike back

Kerry and Kilkenny full value for their wins in provincial finals

Brilliant Kerry crush Cork to retain Munster football title

James O’Donoghue scores 0-10 as Kingdom dominate affairs at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Pace and energy of Cork attack to be decisive in Munster final

Dual star Aidan Walsh can provide midfield platform for win over Kerry

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