The cancelled Garth Brooks concerts, the 2010 Leinster SFC final, the failed 2023 Rugby World Cup bid and the protracted process to redevelop Casement Park have been cited by GAA director general Páraic Duffy as the major disappointments of his 10-year tenure.

Former Louth manager Paddy Carr believes referee Brendan Gorman “lost control of everything towards the end” of the county’s remarkable qualifier defeat to Meath in 2002.

Cork football always seems to have enjoyed flirting with crisis, controversy and chagrin, writes John Coleman.

Gardaí in Dundalk have arrested 13 men and women as part of a year-long investigation into the sale and supply of heroin.

O’Byrne Cup - Offaly 0-13 Louth 1-9: A late Louth rally came up short as Offaly rang in the new year with a win in Darver. 

St Patrick’s 1-10 Dreadnots 1-08

Three years ago, Meath opened their Leinster championship campaign against Kildare at Croke Park, and Paddy O’Rourke was thrown the number 14 jersey. Fear and self-doubt consumed him.

Ulster champions Monaghan last night confirmed an unchanged line up for tomorrow’s semi-final clash with Armagh.

St Patrick’s (Louth) 1-09 Rhode (Offaly) 1-07

The High Court has dismissed a pensioner's application to bring proceedings arising out of the controversial decision to allow stand a goal scored by Meath in the 2010 Leinster football final against Louth.

Westmeath 1-15 Louth 0-12

Four months on, James McCarthy still doesn’t know what he did wrong.

A woman has died in hospital after a crash in Co Louth.

Longford manager Diane O’Hora insists her players must improve considerably to tackle Limerick in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 4 final on May 5.

Seamus McEnaney last night survived a “no confidence” motion and will remain in charge for Meath’s Leinster SFC first-round game against Wicklow on May 27.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information about a double murder which took place in Co Louth earlier this week.

Men’s Sheds are providing a haven for Irish men who want to work on projects at their own pace, writes Margaret Carragher.

The final Louth derby of the season takes place tonight as Dundalk and Drogheda United go head to head at Oriel Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

Drogheda United 1 Dundalk 1

Drogheda United and Dundalk go head to head in tonight’s Louth derby at Hunky Dorys Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

WHEN Luke Dempsey took over the county of his youth he thought he could offer something new. Raised in Milford, educated in Carlow CBS, he managed the county for six weeks in 2004. It was a call he couldn’t turn down.

Dundalk take the short trip south to face Drogheda United in tonight’s Louth derby at Hunky Dorys Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

Gerry Adams arrived into the RDS tonight to massive cheers, and said he was grateful for the votes Sinn Fein has received.

Three people were being questioned today over the murder of a young man on a housing estate at the weekend.

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final

Two stars of Louth and Offaly's Championship campaigns joined the official GAA Player of the Month awards list today as first-time winners Paddy Keenan and Shane Dooley received their Vodafone-sponsored awards.

Louth 1-15 Westmeath 2-10

High-flying Dundalk will be looking to maintain their impressive start to the season as they take on bitter rivals Drogheda United at Hunky Dorys Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

ANTRIM attacker Terry O’Neill insists tomorrow’s NFL Division 3 decider carries a massive incentive despite promotion having been secured.

Drogheda United make the short trip north to neighbours Dundalk today for the Airtricity League's first Louth derby of the season at Oriel Park (kick-off 4.30pm).

Wexford are looking forward to “putting a few wrongs right” in the National Football League this season according to Model County boss Jason Ryan.

Drogheda United and Dundalk contest the final Louth derby of the season at United Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

Tipperary 2-10 Louth 1-12

An elderly woman has died following a house fire on the old Dundalk to Ardee Road in Co. Louth this morning.

ONLY two games into the season but already the day dawns on another red letter date in the League of Ireland calendar.

Two 35-year-old men have appeared in court in Co Louth charged in connection with an alleged shooting incident, in which a 51-year-old man was shot in the leg.

Louth 1-10 Tyrone 1-18

Gardaí are continuing to question two men in connection with a drug seizure in Co Louth yesterday.

AFTER all their heroics, Wicklow were finally consigned to the Tommy Murphy Cup yesterday but can take solace in Mick O’Dwyer’s commitment that he would be there to see them through it.

Three men are still being held in County Louth in connection with a drive-by shooting in Drogheda last month.

Second-half goals from Donal Brennan and Ciarán Duignan ensured Leitrim's passage into the Tommy Murphy Cup final on August 27.