For the first time in five summers, no new player has sealed a place in Dublin’s starting XV

Are Galway playing enough Corofin players? And why Mayo’s attack is so predictable

Jim Gavin’s side never threatened in Croke Park rain in a final which never caught fire

Meath’s record win over the Dubs nine years ago marked an unexpected turning point

Forward inspired by Dublin footballing family’s presence at O’Toole’s funeral

Goalkeeper makes 100th championship appearance as Mannion and Costello lead rout

Leinster and Ulster semi-finals down for decision and the first of qualifiers

The likes of Monaghan and Tyrone or Donegal make qualifiers a treacherous route

Louth overwhelmed as champions’ attack clicks and O’Carroll makes his comeback

Champions reduced to 14 after early Paul Mannion red as Rory O’Carroll returns

The Na Fianna man says he does not know if Diarmuid Connolly will be part of the Dublin panel

The road to being Dublin’s most dangerous forward has never been a straight one

Dublin’s weakness . . . Mayo and Meath revivals . . . best footballer in the land . . . Super-8 selection

Kilkenny goalkeeper Murphy ruled out for at least the provincial championship

Ex-Clare and Dublin manager says Kilkenny and Waterford could have a big say this summer

Kilmacud full back resumes training with his club after three years away in New Zealand

Three-time All-Ireland winning defender returned from New Zealand over the weekend

‘We are there to win and perform’ says Dublin’s vastly experienced defender

Manager is going the right way about building his team into a permanent empire

Sean Moran reflects upon Dublin's semi-final win over Galway and where it leaves both

Jim Gavin’s teams have always had the motivation and panel to evolve and thrive in the league

Andy Moran and Joe Canning named as Footballer and Hurler of the Year

All-Ireland winners Dublin lead the way with seven picks while Mayo win six

‘People who may be a bit down on their luck – it brings great joy to them’

Kerry may have been the measure of Dublin's new world but Mayo won't leave it

Quietly-spoken pilot has been overseeing constant transition of a talented panel

Round Towers club man has overseen Dublin’s domination of football in recent years

Capital gains based on great groundwork and true self belief in Jim Gavin's camp

Tipperary hurlers had their thunder shadowed by an unusual agency – the footballers

Dublin defender is expected to still be in New Zealand for 2017 championship

Bordeaux outhalf may be enjoying his new life in France but he still harbours Irish ambitions

Defender expecting fierce competition to win a place in champions’ defence in 2017

In a very real and terrible way, the black card dominated the All-Ireland football final

Against their most familiar opponents Dublin will need others to create from nothing

Stephen Cluxton and Cian O’Sullivan are the two players the underdogs must target

Likes of McCaffrey, Kilkenny and Mannion products of the county’s underage system

Manager Jim Gavin explains how Kerry’s unpredictability has shaped his strategy

After the game captain Peter Acheson confirmed that he was emigrating next year

O’Sullivan key to a restructured defence that now concedes half as many goals as before

Champions need to step it up to erase bad memories against battle-hardened Donegal