Sligo survived a brief but real scare in the Bronx tonight before their experience and class told late on to see off a spirited New York.

Sligo captain Mark Breheny believes the football qualifiers have run their course and reckons change is necessary so to keep fresh the All-Ireland SFC format.

Dublin firms received more than four times more venture capital funding in the first quarter of the year than the rest of the country combined.

Niall Carew has reinvented Sligo. The Kildare native experiences his first Connacht final tomorrow at Hyde Park, as the county renews rivalries with Mayo, three years after losing narrowly to their neighbours in the decider at the Roscommon venue.

Sligo 1-13 GMIT 0-08: Veteran forward Mark Breheny scored 1-5 as Sligo secured their first win under new boss Niall Carew thanks to an improved second-half display against plucky GMIT in an entertaining FBD Connacht League Section ‘B’ fixture at Collooney’s Connolly Park.

Galway and Mayo kept their unbeaten starts to 2015 intact, while NUIG and Sligo also recorded wins in the FBD League this afternoon.

Sligo 0-12 Wicklow 0-10

Sligo 0-11 Galway 0-16

Government policies on taxation and the creation of jobs are completely out of sync, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association.

Sligo 1-10 Roscommon1-12

Dublin IT 0-11 DCU 0-7

Start-ups continue to manage to tap venture capital funding despite the credit crunch with companies pulling down €52.1m from investors in the first three months of 2013.

London 1-12 Sligo 0-14, Ruislip

Leinster 1-21 Connacht 1-20

GMIT, Derry, DCU, Wicklow, Armagh and Louth got their Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup campaigns off to a winning start this afternoon.

Venture capital chief says there’s plenty of money available for start-ups, writes John Hearne.

Kildare 0-13 Sligo 0-4

Following a Connacht final defeat that players and management universally termed ‘disappointing’, Mark Breheny took a drop of encouragement from the fact that Sligo have almost a fortnight to prepare for round four of the All-Ireland football qualifiers.

Stephen Coen and Adrian Marren inspired Sligo to a straight forward victory in the Bronx in this one-sided Connacht quarter-final yesterday.

Sligo 3-21 New York 0-06

Promotion-chasing Longford maintained their 100% record with a very impressive eight-point defeat of struggling Sligo at Markievicz Park.

CORNER-FORWARD Michael Martin fired two excellent goals as Galway wrapped up their FBD League campaign with a win over Sligo at Tuam Stadium yesterday.

AN 11-point winning margin, embellished by a late 1-2 blast, was representative of the superiority De La Salle exerted over Midleton CBS in yesterday’s Dr Harty Cup quarter-final in Cappoquin.

UCC 3-14 UL 0-12

SLIGO GAA officials meet tonight in a bid to avoid a strike by referees in the county.

Sligo 0-10 Leitrim 1-10

Experienced forward Mark Breheny will be on the Sligo bench for Sunday's Connacht SFC quarter-final against Leitrim at Markievicz Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Kildare 0-16 Sligo 1-12

Antrim 1-11 Sligo 2-18

Sligo 0-08 Derry 0-11

Sligo 0-15 Tyrone 2-15

Meath 1-12 Sligo 0-8

Donegal 2-11 Sligo 1-14

AROUND the fairyland beauty of Dooney Lake in Sligo on Sunday morning the elemental black and white flags were rippling and blossoming with hope that the dream would come true for the county’s footballers.

SLIGO should win the Connacht title tomorrow. When these sides met in NFL Division Three a few months ago, Kevin Walsh’s men won in a canter (0-20 to 0-13). That result reflected their respective movements and mood in the spring – one up, one down. Sligo will be in Division Two in 2001 and Roscommon will be in Division Four.

ONE giant leap for Sligo fans – but just another small step for Kevin Walsh in his continued revamping of Sligo from plucky underdogs to serious contenders.

Sligo 1-14 Galway 0-16

Galway 1-10 Sligo 1-10

Sligo 0-15 Mayo 1-8

THE new breed of Sligo footballer fashioned by manager Kevin Walsh has developed one attribute in particular that had long been lacking inside the county bounds.

Sligo, Cavan, Wexford and Louth have all won their NFL Division Three matches today.

Joe Kernan's reign as Galway boss got off to a winning start on the opening day of the 2010 FBD League competition, while their were also victories for Mayo and Sligo IT.

Munster 1-13 Connacht 1-10