Leitrim, Limerick, Sligo, Waterford, and Wicklow will support the creation of a second-tier football championship at Special Congress on October 19.

Zebre 10 Connacht 40: It has been a season like no others. With a new record of 10 wins and currently leaders in the disciplinary stakes, Connacht will still be fighting on the last day of the Guinness Pro12 season for Champions Cup rugby.

A rural community in Co Sligo rallied around a couple yesterday who returned to their home from a Sunday afternoon outing to find that two of their sons were dead.

A leader, a fearless operator and a gentleman — those were just some of the themes running through the tributes to Sligo great Eamonn O’Hara who called time on his inter-county career yesterday after almost 19 seasons.