Dave Billings (St Vincent's)

A familiar figure on the Dublin GAA scene, Dave Billings (right) has great experience of the game. A member of the 1970s panel, he never nailed down a starting position on the county's most successful team but achieved top honours with his club and at UCD.

A successful businessman, he was able to settle into early retirement and concentrate on his sporting enthusiasms.

For the past three years he has been the GAA development officer at UCD and has enjoyed a good deal of success. The footballers have reached the past two Sigerson finals, while the hurling team won this year's Fitzgibbon and last year's Dublin championship as well as reaching the Leinster club final.

His spell managing the Dublin under-21s ended in controversy when he was handed a 12-month ban for being on the field of play during a fracas that developed during the Leinster championship encounter with Offaly in 1997.

Keenly interested in the administrative side of the game, he is likely to take on a key role in helping to organise a timetable for activities in the county and in integrating the needs of the team with the interests of the clubs.

Paul Caffrey (Na Fianna)

A Dublin corner back in the mid-1980s when he was dogged by injury and never broke through into the championship ranks,

Paul 'Pilar' Caffrey has been very prominent on the club scene in the county in recent years. This year Na Fianna completed the first three-in-a-row in Dublin for a decade and although he stepped down as manager of the club last year, his involvement brought about considerable success.

Two years ago, he led Na Fianna to the Leinster title, followed by an All-Ireland final in which they lost to the exceptional Crossmaglen Rangers.

A candidate for the Dublin job in his own right, he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the club scene in the county.

Paddy Canning (Erin's Isle)

More familiar in recent years as manager of the Dublin minors, Paddy Canning also has a sound club pedigree. He led Erin's Isle to a breakthrough Dublin title in 1993 after which they lost the Leinster final to Carlow's ╔ire ╙g. His involvement with the county minors has seen an improvement in Dublin's fortunes at this level.

His first team in 1998 lost to then All-Ireland champions Laois, while this year's side became the first from the county in 17 years to reach an All-Ireland final.

Given his background, Canning's role is expected to involve providing the necessary liaison between the senior team and the under-21 panel - a level at which Dublin have never won an All-Ireland.