Paul Grimley has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a statement to offer a personal apology to Armagh supporters and the County Board in the wake of Sunday's four-point defeat to Cavan in the Ulster championship.
ThE famously disputed goal of Joe Sheridan (right) against Louth in the 2010 Leinster final caused a little ill-feeling (OK, that's an understatement), but it's got nothing on a goalmouth controversy in Tyrone that could finally be put to bed this weekend, 125 years after the original row.
IT MIGHT be 11 years since Rory Kavanagh made his first championship appearance for Donegal ? but the Letterkenny man still counts himself as a newcomer to the summer's fields.
COLM Cooper has been named at centre-forward for Kerry in Sunday's Munster quarter-final against Tipperary and his Dr Crokes team-mate Fionn Fitzgerald is the surprise package in their full-back line.
Seven players will be making their championship debuts when Limerick host Cork in the Munster SFC quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday, throw-in 7.00pm.
Many will argue that the start of the championship is all too often a slow burner, but this year the month of May offers us a real blockbuster as Donegal and Tyrone are set for battle by the banks of the Finn.
Young defender Fionn Fitzgerald will make his first Championship start for Kerry when his side take on Tipperary in the Munster GAA Football Championship on Sunday.
