Depending on what route you take, it’s a journey of about four hours from John Evans’ native Killorglin to Aughrim, Wicklow GAA’s county ground.

Sligo dropped their first points of the league after coming up against a Wicklow team which undoubtedly had the greater incentive to win at Aughrim.

GAA chiefs face a fixtures’ backlog after Storm Ciara forced the postponement of a number of games in the Allianz Football League.

Two years ago Wicklow’s minor footballers secured a famous win over Dublin in the Leinster championship, so a large crowd made their way to Joule Park in Aughrim on Saturday, hoping for a repeat in the first round of this year’s Eirgrid Leinster U20 football campaign.

Wicklow's footballers notched up their first league points with an impressive victory over Waterford at Aughrim.

There was a trio of away wins in the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kildare, Laois and Offaly delivered victories, while neighbours Westmeath and Meath shared the spoils in Mullingar.

Portlaoise penalty hero Craig Rogers has maintained that finishing games on the day with novel shoot-outs to avoid replays is a sensible move.

A campaign to discourage smokers from lighting up or vaping, particularly around children and other young people, was launched recently in Limerick.

This is the second time 2018 All-Ireland Junior champions Limerick have played in a curtain raiser to the men.

Dublin, Meath, Westmeath and Wicklow all secured their place in the knockout stages of the Leinster minor football championship last night, joining Kildare who wrapped up a semi-final spot with their win over Kilkenny on Tuesday evening in Nowlan Park.

Dublin manager Mick Bohan praised his squad’s experienced players as they got back to winning ways in their Lidl NFL clash with Tipperary.

Cavan led throughout, as they delivered a strong performance, coasting to a 14-point qualifier win over Wicklow at Aughrim.

Dublin 4-25 Wicklow 1-11

All-Star Galway defender Padraic Mannion has confirmed that All-Ireland winning colleague Jonathan Glynn will be available for their defence of the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

The GAA yesterday said they will hear the GPA’s concerns after they hung the threat of strike over yesterday’s Bank Holiday Monday games.

Around 10,000 homes and businesses are left without water this morning while more than 120,000 have restricted supplies.

New Cork manager Ronan McCarthy says he and his team aren’t going to look too far ahead in this year’s Allianz League - because if you do “you can be brought down to earth very quickly”.

Rathnew manager Harry Murphy has called on the Leinster Council to give Wicklow the opportunity to pull off their own Aughrim ambush next summer.

A man was being questioned by gardaí in Co Tipperary last night over the suspected hit-and-run death of a pedestrian at the weekend.

Bless.

Wexford will have home advantage against All-Ireland champions Dublin next June should they beat Carlow in their first round Leinster clash.

A woman accused of murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told gardaí she was hoping to save him if she had seen him in the water.

A woman accused of murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told gardaí he was dead because of his love for her.

A murder trial jury has seen a video of the deceased celebrating his birthday with the woman alleged to have murdered him by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned.

A jury has been shown a Valentine’s card allegedly sent to the woman charged with murdering the sender by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned. The court also heard that she had denied driving into the water deliberately.

A woman charged with murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told a paramedic that “he shouldn’t have been there. I drove the car into the water,” her trial has heard.

Ray Cosgrove is a busy man, though not as busy as he should be.

The Electric Ireland Leinster MFC began on Saturday with most of the headlines dominated by the plight of the Kilkenny team.

Helen O’Callaghan speaks to Ciara Butler, a young mum who discovered the benefits of mindfulness after suffering panic attacks following the birth of her second child.

Westmeath’s place in this year’s Allianz HL Division 2A final is all but assured after they led from pillar to post in yesterday’s top-of-the-table clash with Antrim at Cusack Park, eventually running out 2-11 to 0-10 winners at the Mullingar venue.

Finally, someone else said it.

An grenade used as long ago as the War of Independence has been made safe in Aughrim, Co Galway this afternoon.

A Wicklow man jailed for killing his ex-fiancée's three-and-a-half-month-old baby has lost an appeal against his conviction for manslaughter.

A Wicklow man jailed for killing his ex-fiancée's three-and-a-half-month-old baby has brought an appeal against his conviction for manslaughter.

A man has died after losing control of his motorcycle in Co Wicklow early this morning.

ALL-IRELAND SFC ROUND 3A:

Sligo prevailed in their qualifier clash with Wicklow in Aughrim after they came late with a strong burst to send them through to the next stage.

Tipperary football selector Michael O’Loughlin is delighted his county have a home draw against Longford in the second round of the qualifiers.

This morning's draw for rounds 2A and 2B of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifiers has thrown up a juicy all-Ulster clash between Tyrone and the losers of the Monaghan-Armagh replay.

Emmet McDonnell has stepped down from his role as Offaly football manager after two years in charge, with his tenure described by the county board as "not very fruitful".

Laois forward Dave Conway believes the county still possesses the quality and quantity of player required to repeat their pomp of a decade ago when they were Dublin’s biggest provincial rivals.

Dublin have won eight of the last nine Leinster SFC titles and are an unbackable 1/7 to make that nine out of 10, but Jim Gavin believes existing provincial structures should not be dismantled in a bid to improve Gaelic football.

Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11

Midfielder John Keegan says Longford’s deplorable recent Leinster championship record must be reversed.

The Waterford footballers know they have a good man steering them in Niall Carew.