Micheál Donoghue doesn’t so much keep it short and sweet, as just short.

The light went out. Simple as that. After 10 years, Eoghan O’Flaherty just felt he could give Kildare no more. He still doesn’t now, seven months after he told Cian O’Neill he was done.

John Murphy is laughing. He knows how physically big this Carlow side can be considered but then he knows they could be bigger if Sean O’Brien had taken a different playing career path.

All-Ireland under-21 Football winning captain Con O'Callaghan will make his first championship start for the Dublin senior team in tomorrow's Leinster quarter-final against Carlow in Portlaoise.

Whatever the rest of the country thought of Davy Fitzgerald’s intervention on Sunday, the vast majority of the Wexford following are fully behind their new general. That much was evident by the reaction of their fans in Nowlan Park to the first-half incident.

Dublin need only a point on Sunday to seal a fifth straight Division 1 final appearance. 

Clare manager Colm Collins says the decision to refix the Laois-Armagh qualifier has “big implications” for the ‘A’ side of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

Other than how referee John O’Brien could have got it so wrong on Saturday, the most pertinent question arising from the Christy Ring Cup final surrounded the role of HawkEye in Croke Park. 

The Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) are set to order a replay of the Christy Ring Cup final between Antrim and Meath when they meet to discuss the referee’s report from Saturday’s game. 

Micheál Donoghue refuses to believe Galway’s relegation from Division 1A will have any impact on their championship prospects.

Ger Cunningham wouldn’t mind having more of his panel available to him against Wexford on Saturday but he agrees it feels more like his team this year.

Clare chairman Joe Cooney says the GAA’s decision not to reduce ticket prices for Sunday’s Division 1 final replay with Waterford is “disappointing”.

Offaly manager Eamonn Kelly, who led Kerry to a Christy Ring Cup title last year, says reaching a Leinster quarter-final will be easier via the second tier competition than the province’s qualifying group from 2017.

Laois’s Colm Begley believes Dublin would find life more difficult in the Leinster championship away from Croke Park.

Westmeath hurling manager Michael Ryan is hopeful that the feelgood factor created by the footballers’ historic win over Meath can lead to his men creating a big shock on Sunday.

A debate about mandatory gumshields in hurling had been on the cards prior to Seamus Callanan’s teeth injury in Sunday’s Munster semi-final.

The Wexford hurling management and players want Jack Guiney more than he wants to be part of the county set-up, manager Liam Dunne has claimed.

Laois GAA top-brass have not given up on Seamus Plunkett returning as county senior hurling manager.

Liam Rushe has revealed he took Dónal Óg Cusack to task about his claim last year that Dublin have failed to find new players.

RTÉ won’t be taking any further action after Joe Brolly apologised for his derogatory comment about commentator Marty Morrissey on The Sunday Game Live yesterday.

Laois dug deep to book a Leinster SHC quarter-final berth as Group winners, thanks to a hard-earned three-point win in this all-Midlands battle in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.

Laois gained the expected upper hand in this local derby against Carlow to set up another battle for domestic bragging rights against Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final.

Galway hurlers have suffered a big setback in their bid for Leinster glory with key forward Conor Cooney set to miss the provincial campaign.

Former Waterford hurling manager Michael Ryan has claimed the county were in great shape when he stepped down from the role.

When Michael Fennelly couldn’t even walk without feeling pain in his back, he could hardly have imagined the celebrations he would be part of only a few months later as Kilkenny won a 35th All-Ireland title.

It seemed almost ludicrous to question the killer instinct of a side that had amassed 9-88 in four games this summer, but the suspicion that Dublin lacked a killer instinct was only confirmed at Croke Park yesterday.

They are the most scrutinised, most spoken about team in the country with everyone having an opinion on them.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has ruled out the introduction of a second-tier football championship to cater for the growing number of counties whose involvement in the race for Sam Maguire is no longer justifiable.

The 2010 All-Ireland Champions Tipperary will meet either Kilkenny or Galway in Round 1 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Qualifiers.

As Kilkenny piled on the misery against Offaly in the closing stages of their Leinster quarter-final in Nowlan Park a couple of weeks ago, supporters of the Faithful County would have begged for mercy from Brian Cody and the Cats.

A nice little four-marker to get your brain in gear this fine morning. What feat have Galway achieved under Anthony Cunningham in the championship against Kilkenny that no other county have managed on Brian Cody’s watch? We’ll give you a minute.

Meath 7-13 Carlow 0-06

Laois manager Tomas Ó Flatharta insists the county has moved on from the mini-controversy that saw Colm Begley dropped from the squad to face Wicklow in the first round of the Leinster Championship.

Longford 0-19 Offaly 0-15

Henry Shefflin looks almost certain to miss Kilkenny’s Leinster quarter-final against Offaly after suffering a stress fracture in his foot.

It was the words of Alan Brogan that gave new meaning to another Dublin Division 1 title on Sunday.

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