While Peter Keane enjoyed a successful first league campaign of sorts in charge of the Kingdom, another manager from the depths of South Kerry was quietly going about his business far from the glamourous spotlight of the top division.

Four goals in six minutes of devastation sent Longford packing and set Laois up for a Leinster quarter-final clash with bitter rivals Kildare.

Too early for hurling league permutations? Not at all – three of the Division 1 quarter-final places have already been filled. But what about the other five and the relegation play-offs? Here’s what the counties need to do:

Laois 2-12 Roscommon 1-6: Laois finally brought their Croke Park torment to an end by overcoming a determined but profligate Roscommon in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland premier junior camogie final.

Laois GAA top-brass will meet later this week to begin the search for a fifth county football manager in nine years.

Laois dug deep to book a Leinster SHC quarter-final berth as Group winners, thanks to a hard-earned three-point win in this all-Midlands battle in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.

Laois County Board secretary Niall Handy revealed there is no great rush to fill the managerial post vacated by Justin McNulty.

Kerry pair Eoin Brosnan and Jonathan Lyne are unlikely to be fully fit in time for Kerry’s Munster SFC quarter-final clash with Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday (2pm).

Cork 4-12 Laois 2-08

Tom McKittrick’s Laois fell to their first defeat of the season as Dublin scored a narrow victory in Sunday’s Ladies NFL Division 1 tie in Stradbally.

Like the men’s edition, the ladies Gaelic football Leinster final will be between Dublin and Meath after they overcame Laois and Westmeath respectively yesterday.

A great opportunity beckons for Laois and Carlow as they clash in the Bord Gáis Energy Leinster U21 hurling semi-final at Dr Cullen Park tonight (7.30pm).

Meath claimed a semi-final spot in dramatic fashion while Kildare were relegated from Division 1A of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League today.

Leinster champions Laois opened up with a devastating second half scoring blitz on Sunday to leave neighbours Kildare still rooted to the bottom of Division 1 in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League.

Joe Canning fired Galway into the Walsh Cup final and past a lacklustre Laois in a sodden Duggan Park in Ballinasloe yesterday.

FORMER All-Ireland minor winning captain Craig Rogers has turned down an invitation from manager Justin McNulty to rejoin the Laois senior football panel.

LAOIS boss Joe Higgins hailed the resilience of his players following their dramatic TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final victory over Tyrone in Birr on Saturday.

Tyrone 2-12 Laois 1-17 (AET)

GRAIGUECULLEN’S teenage star Sinead Doogue scored a sensational winning point to hand Laois a first Leinster Ladies SFC crown since 2007 at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow yesterday.

Meath 1-10 Laois 2-8

MEATH shocked TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football champions Dublin by 0-10 to 0-9 in yesterday’s provincial semi-final at Naomh Mearnóg.

MJ TIERNEY admits that Laois have bulked up considerably under the stewardship of former Armagh defender Justin McNulty.

Cork 4-15 Laois 3-9

CHAMPIONS Cork face Laois in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Division One final on Saturday, May 7.

IT might only have been the second weekend in January but Tony Hannon’s clenched fist celebrations after scoring what turned out to be the winning point in a chilly Portlaoise yesterday suggested Wicklow are well up for a repeat of their O’Byrne Cup run to the semi-finals in 2007.

LAST year’s runners-up, Dublin, advance to the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC final after defeating Laois (1-8 to 0-9) in a pulsating encounter at Carlow’s Dr Cullen Park on Saturday.

TYRONE blew the race for the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC wide open at Banagher on Saturday as they claimed a sensational quarter-final victory against All-Ireland champions Cork.

Tyrone blew the race for the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship wide open at Banagher today as they claimed a famous quarter-final victory against All-Ireland champions Cork.

DUBLIN secured a third successive TG4 Leinster Ladies Senior Football Championship crown with a comfortable 2-13 to 0-9 victory against Laois in yesterday’s provincial decider at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow.

CARLOW boss Kevin Ryan hailed the contribution of his U21 players as the Barrowsiders exacted sweet revenge for their Leinster Championship defeat by Laois on Saturday night.

WICKLOW’S victory over Kildare in the Division 2 NHL semi-final affords them the opportunity to play the final against Laois as a curtain-raiser to the Kilkenny/Waterford decider in Thurles on April 29.

Galway will be looking to drag themselves off the foot of the table while Westmeath are aiming to extend their lead at the top of Allianz NFL Division 2 this weekend.

U21 star Finian Hanley and former victorious captain Padraig Joyce have been given starting places in the Galway side to meet Mayo in the Bank of Ireland Connacht SFC final at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

TIMMY HOULIHAN is recalled to the Limerick hurling team for Sunday’s National League clash with Antrim in the Gaelic Grounds.

THE chairman of the Munster Council has launched a strongly worded attack on RTÉ radio show Liveline, and its presenter Derek Davis, for their coverage of the brawl between Laois and Cork in the All-Ireland MFC.

WEXFORD PRO Alan Aherne has rubbished reports that Leigh O’Brien has opted out of their senior football set up.

BRENDAN GUINEY is the only Kerry newcomer for Sunday’s trip to Longford for the Kingdom’s first competitive game since their All-Ireland semi final loss to Tyrone last August.