Laois 1-11 Armagh 1-10: In the end, like most recounts in a general election, there was no change.

Leinster chairman John Horan has given his support to the idea of managers exclusively appointed to positions within their own counties and clubs.

SHEEPWALK Mac maintained his tremendous record around Dundalk’s testing 400 yards course when winning the semi-final of the two-bend classic, the Bar One Racing Irish Sprint Cup on Monday night and he will be bidding for a sixth success on the trot in next Sunday’s final.