Davy Fitzgerald believes he’s way ahead of schedule with the Wexford hurlers yet has described talk of winning the Leinster or All-Ireland titles in 2018 as “a load of rubbish”.

Leinster chairman John Horan insists the Walsh Cup has a viable future after calls from Eddie Brennan to scrap the pre-season competition.

Meath hurling selector Kevin Dowd has revealed the heavy toll that an accusation of racial abuse placed on both himself and his family.

Mary I’s "unfair and excessive" Fitzgibbon Cup schedule which saw the teacher-training college play three games in six days has been described as madness by manager Eamonn Cregan.

Group A: DCU v Cork IT, DCU Sportsgrounds (B Gavin), 2pm.

Orchard County 0-11 Trintiy College 0-12

Derry, Trinity College, Meath, Wicklow, GMIT, Kildare, Fingal and Down advanced to the Bord na Mona Kehoe Cup quarter-finals, while DCU, Armagh, St Pat's Drumcondra, Mayo, Louth, Roscommon, Longford and Queens University will take part in the Shield competition.

Stephen Maher fired 1-7 as Laois claimed top-spot of the Allianz NHL Division 2A this afternoon, with first wins of the campaign for Wicklow and Westmeath.

Dublin and Kildare took Bord na Móna Walsh and Kehoe Cup hurling honours respectively this afternoon.

Derry, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow advanced to the Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup semi-finals following today’s action.

GMIT, Derry, DCU, Wicklow, Armagh and Louth got their Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup campaigns off to a winning start this afternoon.

James Kavanagh could be on the verge of a dramatic switch from Kildare to Galway.

Leinster GAA chairman Martin Skelly has welcomed the return of Antrim to the Walsh Cup and also the inclusion of more Ulster hurling teams in the Kehoe Cup competition.

The future of the GAA’s provincial bodies will be discussed at the Leinster Council Convention on Friday.

Kilkenny and Galway will contest the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup final after semi-final wins over Westmeath and Laois respectively this afternoon, while Offaly claimed Walsh Shield honours.

Today's Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup final between Kildare and DCU and the Kehoe Shield hurling tie between Roscommon and Armagh have both been postponed due to bad weather conditions.

Westmeath, Laois, Wexford and UCD all gained wins in the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup this weekend, while their was a quartet of victories for college sides in the Kehoe Cup.

IT Carlow's senior footballers have once again criticised GAA authorities for their failure to include the team in the upcoming Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup, in the light of Kilkenny's failure to field a team for the competition.

DERRY got their league campaign off to the perfect start with a 3-16 to 0-15 point win over Armagh at Banagher.

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Wicklow and Trinity College were victorious in Leinster hurling competitions earlier today.

Meath withstood a determined second half comeback by GMIT to book a Kehoe Cup final spot at Trim this afternoon.

High-scoring encounters were the order of the day across the Kehoe Cup and Shield competitions, with Wicklow, DCU, Meath, GMIT, Louth and Trinity College all registering wins.

The Cavan and Dublin footballers, along with Clare hurlers, claimed victories in what was a depleted GAA programme of fixtures today.

Antrim, Laois and DIT picked up wins in the Walsh Cup, while Armagh and Wicklow were victorious in the Kehoe Cup following today's hurling action across Leinster.

The College sides were most impressive in this afternoon's GAA action as Queen's University beat Monaghan in the McKenna Cup, and there were hurling wins for NUI Galway, Cork IT and Roscommon.

A severely under strength Wexford side fell at the first hurdle in this season's O'Byrne Cup as a determined DIT outfit, who have one eye on the Sigerson Cup, handed them a heavy beating.

This weekend's entire first round of Dr. McKenna Cup fixtures will not take place due to frozen pitches, while there are some other changes to GAA fixtures today.

The Leinster Council have confirmed that it will hold Shield competitions respectively for teams which lose first round ties in the O'Byrne, Walsh and Kehoe Cup competitions this month.

GAA chiefs yesterday clarified an issue relating to the mandatory wearing of helmets at senior inter-county level which arose in Sunday’s Kehoe Cup match between Roscommon and Wicklow, by insisting helmets have to be worn at all times during games.

Westmeath 0-16 Carlow 0-09

DIT 3-18 Down 3-13, Pairc Esler

DCU 0-15 Fingal 1-06

DCU 1-13 MAYO 0-09, Glasnevin

DIT 3-12 KILDARE 2-06

Kevin Ryan was ratified as the new Carlow senior hurling manager at a meeting of the Carlow County Board last night.

Meath 1-20 Carlow 0-17

A late goal from Craig Doyle ensured Carlow's presence in the semi-finals of the Kehoe Cup after their 1-13 to 1-10 win over Dublin/Fingal in what was undoubtedly the tie of the day.

John Mitchell's Wicklow hurlers held out for a 1-16 to 2-9 Kehoe Cup first round win over Carlow in blustery conditions at Bray this afternoon.

The sight of former Kilkenny All-Ireland winner Andy Comerford pacing the sidelines at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge helped to inspire his Kildare side to a facile 9-12 to 2-7 Kehoe Cup victory over DCU this afternoon.

UCD and Westmeath kicked off the Walsh Cup senior hurling competition, which began in earnest today. The students did enough to claim a 2-15 to 0-14 win at Cusack Park, Mullingar.