Tyrone manager Mickey Harte must plan without Sean O'Neill for the duration of the Allianz Football League after the half-back was suspended for three months by the GAA's Higher Education body.
James Reilly has returned to the Cavan senior football squad ahead of the Allianz Football League.
Former Dublin manager Tommy Lyons believes Pat Gilroy's men can drive on and achieve further glory after getting the 'monkey off their back' in 2011.
Jim McGuinness has given Kevin Cassidy an inter-county lifeline by suggesting he would be willing to welcome the player back into the Donegal football panel.
Michael Meehan's inter-county future with Galway has been thrown into doubt by a long-standing ankle injury.
Kevin Hughes has joined the growing number of Tyrone veterans to call time on his inter-county career.
Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney feels inter-county managers and players do not get the respect they deserve and he wants the situation to change sooner rather than later.
Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney says that he would be open to welcoming Cavan outcast Seanie Johnston into his panel.
Roscommon senior football manager Des Newton is ready for the challenge of kicking off the Allianz Football League without a number of key men.
Amid the recent furore over manager payments, All-Ireland winning Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has declared that he would not quit his day job to solely manage the Dubs.