Armagh and QUB footballer Ciaran O’Hanlon will go before the Central Appeals Committee tonight in an attempt to have a 12-week suspension handed down by the GAA’s higher education committee overturned.

Kildare GAA has regained its “financial independence” and “are masters of our destiny again” after more than two years of needing a Croke Park signatory on its cheques.

1. Eamonn Fitzmaurice and the letters

When paying tribute to the late Kevin Heffernan, Colm O’Rourke recounted an anecdote which gave a telling insight into the Dublin manager’s brilliance.

IT Sligo and QUB officials have slammed the GAA’s Higher Education committee for claiming both third-level institutions fielded ineligible players in the Sigerson Cup.

Queens University Belfast have confirmed they will contest their expulsion from the Sigerson Cup.

Crossmaglen co-manager John McEntee has branded Dromintee’s decision to field a severely depleted team including three players in casual clothing as an “absolute disgrace”.

LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Kildare belied much of the pre-match portents of doom to crush Louth in Croke Park and cruise to a Leinster semi-final date with either Meath or Carlow.

Jim McGuinness admits he had to reverse his training methods to cut out the number of injuries which plagued Donegal’s 2013 campaign.

Cavan boss Terry Hyland fears emotive phrases like ‘choke tackling’ will force referees to dish out more cards.

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

The new advantage rule is of far greater benefit to forwards than the black card, according to Louth footballer Shane Lennon.

Louth 1-12 Meath 2-10

Louth manager Aidan O’Rourke claims Dublin players got around the black card rule on Wednesday evening by cynically “bear hugging” star midfielder Paddy Keenan.

As Gaelic football gets set to greet/tolerate/weather (delete as appropriate) the black card over the next 24 hours, it’s worth recalling it used to be yellow.

Kildare 1-19 Louth 0-15

“Know your enemy” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Everywhere you looked, Wexford players stood and smiled as the relief and adrenaline drained from their bodies after their squeaky one-point win, but not their manager.

Paul Grimley apologised to Armagh supporters last week and while Justin McNulty didn’t go that far, he claimed responsibility for an abject Laois display, admitting that he had come second best to his former team-mate Aidan O’Rourke in the tactical stakes.

Louth 1-16 Laois 1-6, Portlaoise

Former Laois footballer Colm Parkinson has described Donie Kingston as the “Michael Murphy” of the county.

It hasn’t been easy since Justin McNulty took over as Laois manager in 2010.

Football Review Committee (FRC) member Tony Scullion said he has no inclination of getting into a war of words with critics of the black card.

Mickey Harte took a thinly-veiled swipe at supporters of the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) black card proposal after it was backed by Congress in Derry on Saturday.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy admits the association face a major challenge to prepare for the introduction of the black card in 2014 — but remains convinced it will be for the betterment of Gaelic football.

Sport can bring out the best in people but, as anyone who has seen how out-of-control spectators, competitors or drug cheats can corrupt the most beautiful and honest endeavour will realise, it can show us at our very worst too.

Louth 1-12 Armagh 1-10

Queens University, Belfast made history on Saturday when winning their first Intervarsities O’Connor Cup at Waterford IT with victory over DCU (4-10 to 1-9).

Louth 2-9 Wexford 2-13

Laois 1-17 Louth 2-14

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Dublin 4-15 Louth 0-10

Louth had 11 points to spare over Longford ( 1-17 to 0-9), as they set up a home semi-final against Dublin in the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup.

Louth 2-15 UCD 1-13

Cork will begin the defence of their Division 1 title with a visit to Dublin next February but, at the other end of the scale, Kilkenny have elected to pull out of the competition.

Brian Finnegan’s quartet is one of the main acts at Cork Folk, which has bounced backthis year, says Nicki ffrench Davis

Former Fermanagh boss Malachy O’Rourke has been appointed as the new Monaghan senior football manager.

All week they have been watched suspiciously.

James McCartan never had any trouble sticking up for himself during his playing days.

Paul Grimley would be interested in taking over as Armagh manager in a caretaker capacity until Kieran McGeeney, or another former player, is ready to accept the job.