LIMERICK GAA chiefs are set to appoint Mayo native Maurice Horan as their new senior football boss.

WHATEVER about the message it sends out to Dublin, their opponents in the Leinster SFC semi-final on June 28 for the second successive year, Westmeath, accept the reality of their situation, facing up to the champions on the back of a disastrous League campaign and a display against Wicklow in Tullamore at the week-end that was anything but convincing.

THE controversy surrounding the Laois U-21 footballers was finally resolved last night with confirmation that all of the players who travelled to Kerry with the seniors last weekend will, after all, be on the panel for Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final against Cork.

Limerick midfielder Jason Stokes will miss his side's Munster football championship semi-final against Sunday's winners of Tipperary and Kerry on June 19.

THE campaign to open up Croke Park to soccer and rugby continues to gather momentum this week with a significant number of counties pledging their support for the relaxation of Rule 42.

LIKE any great story, this one has had a touch of everything: drama, suspense, plot twists, a catalogue of characters and a touch of comedy thrown in for good measure.

Tipperary County Board chairman Donal Shanahan has recommended three selectors who resigned from the county's senior football team which prompted Tipperary to pull out of the All-Ireland qualifiers be "debarred" from holding similar positions with any Tipperary team.

ALL-IRELAND winning manager John O'Mahony last night left his post with Galway, a year ahead of schedule, citing a strong desire for a break as the principal reason.

REGRETS, he’s had more than a few - and mainly at the hands of Meath. But the biggest disappointment for Luke Dempsey came when he wasn’t reappointed as Westmeath football manager last year.

TIPPERARY’S participation in Saturday’s Bank of Ireland first-round qualifier game against Fermanagh in Thurles was cast into doubt last night.

FORMER All-Ireland winning captains Anthony Daly and Páidi Ó Sé are set to be named managers of Clare and Westmeath respectively this week while Birr’s Pa Joe Whelehan is to take the Limerick hurling hot seat.

KILLERERIN will know tonight if they will be readmitted to the Galway senior football championship.