If this was his final time in an Ireland jersey, he couldn’t have left very much more on the pitch

Nobody in Kerry history has scored more points than the player Jack O’Connor calls the spiritual leader of the dressingroom

Just as nothing lifts the country like an Ireland football team going well, nothing hurts like the dashed hopes of nearly getting there

For so long, Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side were good enough to go through but in the end, penalties sent them crashing out

Thirty years of highs and lows, including a farewell at Anfield, a melee in Turkey, joy in Iran and scandal in Paris

Longford and Wexford are promoted with the last kicks of their campaigns, Dublin are relegated with theirs

Taoiseach Micheál Martin pays tribute to ’a moderniser of sport broadcasting’

The world governing body was scathing in its condemnation of the IFA for discrimination but let it off with a slap on the wrist

Ireland’s winner in Budapest was an explosion where the shrapnel came in the form of smiles and tears and hugs with strangers

The Weekend That Was: It was ironic the Armagh manager cost his team a point against Dublin for breaking a rule that had got rid of a grey area

The All-Ireland winner on his winter spent teaching Gaelic football through French in France

Oisín Conaty scores wonder goal as Kieran McGeeney’s side overturned 11-point deficit

Declan Queally’s complaint about Nico de Boinville cannot be brushed off as a tiff between two competitors

The popular racing pundit and ex-bookmaker makes his living gambling on horse racing but accepts it’s not a life for everyone

From Harry Redknapp to Jimmy Mangan, the festival tells its stories like no other sporting week in the calendar