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.

ALL-ROUND star Geraldine McLaughlin bagged a brace yesterday at Tolka Park to secure a first Umbro FAIS Senior Girls title for Loreto Secondary School since 1991.

EUREKA SECONDARY SCHOOL, Kells, Co Meath set up an FAI Schools Senior Girls All-Ireland decider against Loreto, Letterkenny, on March 22 with a narrow semi-final victory yesterday in Arklow.