SOME weeks ago I made the long trip south to Cork for the camogie Féile.

The GAA Central Council’s proposals for a tiered football championship are unlikely to get anyone’s blood pumping. Shunting the teams from Divisions Three and Four away from the All-Ireland qualifiers, unless they reach their provincial final, is plain wrong.

DOWN kingpins Mayobridge have put their faith in former Armagh skipper Ciaran McKeever to turn their season around.

THE manner of Armagh’s loss to Mayo last Saturday might have given Orchard county supporters’ reason to expect better next season but Aidan Forker has warned that inter-county football doesn’t necessarily work like that.

IT’S been a decade since the Drive For Five was part of the GAA’s symphony. Then it was Kilkenny hurlers trying to do what no-one had before. And failing, just as Kerry had in 1982.

A BAN on passing the ball to goalkeepers in open play could be implemented without the need for a trial, GAA president John Horan has said.

JOHN Horan has batted away suggestions that splitting the All-Ireland SFC into two tiers of 16 teams each could create a larger gap between teams at the polar ends.

FORMER Armagh ace Stevie McDonnell says it’s long overdue the GAA addressed the thorny issue of stoppage-time in games and lifted the timing burden from referees – and argued it would radically reduce incidents of players deemed to be feigning injury.

ONE thousand, seven hundred and sixty-six days. And counting.

AIDAN Forker has appealed to Kieran McGeeney to stay on as Armagh manager.

CAVAN boss Mickey Graham says the lure of a Super 8 spot is “a huge incentive” for the Breffnimen, but knows they face a mammoth roadblock in the shape of Ulster rivals Tyrone this Saturday.

Tyrone's running game will deep fry the plankton, but it won’t land the prize fish.

ALL-IRELAND champions Dublin lie in wait in the Super 8s for the winners of this weekend’s all-Ulster qualifier clash between Cavan and Tyrone.

David Clarke: Got fingertips on Jamie Clarke’s goalbound shot as Armagh chased the game.

Blaine Hughes: Had a hard time with kick-outs in the first half but his distribution was much better in the second.

KIERAN McGeeney says the “future is bright” for Armagh but the agonising one-point loss to Mayo on Saturday night could have been his last game as manager.