Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea believes the inter-county GAA landscape is destined for seismic changes with smaller and weaker counties amalgamating and franchises emerging where players are paid for their services.

Oulart-the Ballagh (Wexford) 0-8 Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) 0-11

Highlights includethe return of Anne Doyle, and Simon Reeve's new show on pilgrimages

Reigning AIB Ulster Club SFC Champions Crossmaglen Rangers bowed out following a replay defeat to Kilcoo today.

AIB All-Ireland Club SHC Final

AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SFC SEMI-FINAL

Sarsfields (Kildare)1-12 St Patrick’s (Louth) 2-6

DONEGAL County Board have lashed out at critics of their negative football after taking their first Ulster title since 1992 and reaching an All-Ireland semi-final.

THE man who scored Coolderry’s crucial goal in Sunday’s Leinster Club SHC final was exultant at the final whistle, understandably enough.

THIS club hurling championship must be one of the strangest competitions around.

SO, a Leinster Club hurling final with none of the usual suspects.

FITZGERALD Stadium Killarney will host the AIB Munster Club SFC final between Dr Crokes and UCC on Sunday, December 4 (2pm).

IT’S taken four attempts in the last seven years, but Wexford champions Oulart-The Ballagh have finally turned over a Kilkenny team in the Leinster Club senior hurling championship.

Leinster Club Footballer of the Year Brian Kavanagh believes that Crossmaglen Rangers are the standard bearers when it comes to the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

THREE times postponed, this Leinster Club senior hurling final at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, yesterday was worth the wait.

ENDING a barren 29-year spell in the Wexford SFC and dislodging local rivals Kilanerin in the final generated plenty of joy for the footballers of Castletown last month. But it is the prospect of competing on the provincial and national stages that provided the greatest incentive for the club.

This afternoon saw Ballyboden St. Enda's and Thurles Sarsfields claim Senior Hurling Championship titles in Dublin and Tipperary respectively, while Loughrea and Clarinbridge will have to meet again following their drawn Galway decider at Pearse Stadium.

CLARA (Offaly) 1-5 PORTLAOISE (Laois) 0-7

PLAYER power has prevailed in Meath and brought an end to the row between SFC holders Navan O’Mahony’s and Wolfe Tones.

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-13 Celbridge (Kildare) 0-08, Parnell Park

THERE is no crisis in Leinster hurling according to Council chairman Liam O’Neill. I don’t know, Liam, I don’t know.

IF only tomorrow’s Leinster Club senior hurling final between Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) and Birr (Offaly) were being held a month ago – what a contest we’d have had in store!

IT may still be May, but the first county senior title is already on the sideboard.

FITZGERALD STADIUM, Killarney was yesterday named as the venue for the meeting of Castlehaven and An Ghaeltacht in the semi-final of the AIB Munster club SFC on Sunday week next.

Hollywood 0-10

Dunshaughlin are this morning celebrating becoming Leinster club football champions for the first time in their history.

THE primary concern for Kilkenny man Tommy Buggy these last few days has been the preparation of Carlow champions St Mullin’s for the herculean task of taking on reigning AIB All-Ireland titleholders Birr in the Leinster semi-final in O’Moore Park on Sunday.

Club championship results