As his name continues to be linked with the Mayo senior manager’s position, Westport have been given no indication that James Horan won’t be remaining on in charge of their senior team.

The Offaly County Board management committee last night voted to remove Stephen Wallace as manager of the senior footballers.

Pat Flanagan has revealed that it was his wife who informed him that he had been axed as Offaly senior football team manager on Tuesday evening.

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Former Laois boss Tom Cribben is the new Offaly Senior Football manager.

The Offaly GAA Co Board have moved swiftly to appoint a successor to Richie Connor tonight by installing Tom Cribben as their new senior football manager, following a Co Board meeting at Tullamore.

Offaly have appointed former players Vinny Claffey, Phil O'Reilly and Tom Coffey as an interim football management team.

IT’S a sign of the times when 24-year-old Karol Slattery is described as one of the senior members on the Offaly football team.

New Offaly football boss Gerry Fahey has sparked controversy by cutting loose five long serving stalwarts in a bid to return the county to the glory days.

OFFALY football captain Cathal Daly revealed yesterday that the furore over the sacking of manager Paul O’Kelly is “far from done and dusted.”

OFFALY’S rousing display last week in Portlaoise may not have come as any big surprise given their annual competitiveness, but for many, the sight of a handful of fresh-faced kids running around in the distinctive green, white and gold was.

OF all the familiar faces that Offaly will field against Laois on Sunday, the most familiar will be pacing around at corner forward.

Offaly have opted for experience in their bid to put one over midland rivals Laois in Sunday's Leinster SFC clash at Portlaoise.

Kildare squandered an eight-point half-time lead to allow Offaly fight back to level terms by the end of this Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.

There is a packed schedule today in the Allianz National Football League.

Tyrone 1-11 Offaly 1-4

The outcome of the first of the Leinster football semi-finals in Croke Park yesterday had as much to do with Dublin achieving their victory as Offaly allowed a chance of advancing to slip through their fingers.