Longford, Offaly and Westmeath delivered victories, with Carlow also beginning brightly this afternoon.

Goals from James Dolan and Joe Halligan did the trick in Mullingar as Westmeath battled through to Round 3 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

The fixtures have been announced for Leinster's O'Byrne Cup next year.

A Dublin Football fan club is calling for a fairer system for buying match tickets.

Louth have booked their place in the semi-finals of the O'Byrne Cup after they beat Carlow by 3-14 to 2-12 in Dowdallshill.

Dublin ended Kildare’s recent dominance of the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup at the end of a hugely entertaining game that needed extra time to produce a definitive result.

Dublin became the first team to qualify for the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup semi-finals after a hard earned victory over Offaly, with wins also for Maynooth University, Kildare, UCD, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford and DIT tonight.

PJ Banville will not play for the Wexford senior footballers in 2015.

The semi-final pairings for the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup were confirmed today, where Kildare, UCD, Meath and DCU progressed to the last four.

A lovely overhead volley from the Wicklow forward was _the_ goal of yesterday's GAA fixtures.

All-Ireland champions Dublin and reigning O'Byrne Cup champions Kildare claimed first round wins in the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup today, while Longford, Wexford, Offaly, Meath and Wicklow were also victorious this afternoon.

Influential midfielder Michael Darragh Macauley says it will "definitely take a few days" for Dublin's latest All-Ireland SFC triumph to sink in.

Longford man Sean Hagan has been announced as the new manager of the Leitrim senior footballers, following a special meeting of the County Committee last night.

Offaly manager Emmet McDonnell has kept faith with the side which beat Tipperary last time out for Saturday's Allianz Football League Division 4 final against Limerick at Croke Park (throw-in 5pm).

Midfielder Gary White has left the Kildare senior football panel as he prepares to embark on a six-month tour of duty with the Irish Army.

Diarmuid Connolly has been ruled out of Dublin's next Allianz Football League fixture against Mayo at Croke Park on Saturday, March 2.

Kildare 2-14 Donegal 1-13

Dublin 0-17 Kildare 1-16

Dublin's early dominance helped them brush Louth aside in Drogheda and qualify for the Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup final.

Dublin starlet Ciaran Kilkenny has decided against pursuing a career in Australian Rules football, having returned home during the Christmas period.

Former Footballer of the Year Alan Brogan will miss the opening stages of the 2013 inter-county season in the hope that a groin injury clears up fully.

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.

Holders Kildare won through to face DCU in the O'Byrne Cup final after getting the better of an understrength Dublin side in Newbridge this afternoon.

Meath, Kildare and DCU advanced to the Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup semi-finals this afternoon, while in the Shield competition Laois, DIT and Wicklow all claimed victories.

Kevin McManamon, Bryan Cullen, Diarmuid Connolly and Sean Murray all scored goals as Dublin secured a Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup semi-final berth thanks to a 4-14 to 0-12 win over UCD at Parnell Park last night.

A trial system of match bans will be in place for the upcoming Allianz Leagues and the Senior Championships in 2012, the GAA has confirmed today.

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.

The Carlow footballers will be without midfielder Thomas Walsh for the foreseeable future as the former Wicklow player is spending the year in Boston.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy will test the depth of his 2012 panel when the All-Ireland champions open their season in the O'Byrne Cup next weekend.

Kildare 3-9 Louth 2-9

Dublin 2-16 Meath 2-14

Westmeath stumbled in the second half as Kildare overturned a half-time deficit to qualify for next Sunday's O'Byrne Cup final, while last year's runners-up Louth beat UCD in the other semi-final.

Reigning champions DCU crashed out of the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kieran McGeeney's Kildare side marched into the semi-finals of the early season competition.

DCU 0-17 Offaly 0-8, Rhode

Westmeath 0-12 Dublin 1-8, Mullingar

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.

There was mixed news for former Armagh team-mates Kieran McGeeney and Justin McNulty as the O'Byrne Cup got underway in Leinster today.

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.

Dublin senior football manager Pat Gilroy has strongly defended his decision to host early morning training sessions, as the Metropolitans get their 2011 preparations underway.

The GAA's Leinster Council may use the Australian Rules-style interchange system for substitutes in next January's O'Byrne Cup, it has emerged.

Shane Lennon has been named to start for Louth in tomorrow's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Kildare, despite suffering a broken thumb against Longford last time out.

Brendan Hackett has resigned from his role as Westmeath senior and Under-21 football manager, following a meeting with the senior panel last night.