Justin McNulty will continue as Laois manager despite serious reservations raised about his tactics at last night’s county board meeting in Portlaoise.

A 71-year-old Laois man has begun a protest against the GAA’s parish rule until his club is given the right to hold on to the underage players they have been developing.

Laois chairman Brian Allen insists his officials will treat Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final in Portlaoise’s O’Moore Park ‘like any other game’.

The GAA’s Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) met yesterday to discuss referee Francis Flynn’s report from last Sunday’s controversial All-Ireland JFC semi-final between Derrytresk and Dromid Pearses.

LAOIS chairman Brian Allen last night described the level of aggression displayed towards stewards in Sunday’s ill tempered All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final in O’Moore Park as “unprecedented.”

Gardaí are waiting to speak to a number of people following violent scenes during the All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final in Portlaoise last Sunday.

A COUNTY Cork 10-year-old has marked himself out as a motor racing star of the future.

Laois are set to appoint their fifth senior hurling manager in seven years, after it emerged yesterday that former Cork dual star Teddy McCarthy is set to take the role.

FORMER Cork dual star Teddy McCarthy will be named as the new Laois hurling manager in the next week.

JIM McGUINNESS has slammed proposals to change the format of the Allianz Football League.

Laois County Board chairman Brian Allen says they will have to adopt "a more long-term approach" for the county's next senior hurling manager.

James Young says that members of the Laois County Board executive should resign on the back of an inter-county season marred by disastrous results and commitment issues.

THE inquest was lengthy and immediate.

NONE of the inter-county managers boycotting RTÉ in protest at the treatment of journalist Brian Carthy consulted with their county boardsbefore making the decision to snub the national broadcaster.

OVER 100 rally cars will race around Cork city’s former landfill site later this month in a special charity fundraiser.

Laois native Liam O'Neill will succeed Christy Cooney as President of the GAA in 2012.

LAOIS are prepared to agree an amendment from GAA President Christy Cooney to their proposal calling for the inter-county closed season to be shortened.

MONAGHAN boss Eamon McEneaney last night allayed fears over the seriousness of the injury sustained by captain Darren Hughes in yesterday’s league defeat by Dublin in Clones.

ORDINARY staff members in AIB are being wrongly subjected to “abuse, ridicule and anger” over the €40 million bonus to be paid next week.

Brendan Fennelly is expected to be named as the new Laois senior hurling manager following a meeting next Monday night.

LAOIS GAA officials have been rebuffed in a startling bid to woo Kerry legend Darragh O Sé as their new football coach while any prospect of Mick O’Dwyer returning to the midlands also appears to be off the agenda.

WICKLOW officials have revealed they are still in the dark as to Mick O’Dwyer’s intentions for the 2011 season despite reports that he may be in line for a sensational return to Laois.

Mick O'Dwyer has been nominated for the role of Laois senior football manager, a position he took on between 2003 and 2006, despite not yet confirming that he is finished with Wicklow.

Laois boss Sean Dempsey has become the latest casualty in senior inter-county football management, following his failure to be reappointed for a third year.

LAOIS senior football manager Sean Dempsey has slammed claims his squad’s warm weather training camp in the Algarve is a ‘holiday’ for the players.

LAOIS secretary, Niall Handy, has slammed the “antics and socialising” of some of county’s senior footballers after a disappointing season.

Two Laois County Board officers have resigned following a scandal over the so-called 'ticketgate' affair in the O'Moore County.

CROKE PARK officials will not be launching their own investigation into the €40,000 that has gone missing from the audited accounts of the Laois County Board.

SEAN DEMPSEY will discover tonight whether he is to be afforded the opportunity of managing the Laois senior footballers for a second season.

MARC O SÉ is free to line out against Dublin in Monday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final as the Kerry county board received no correspondence from the Central Competitions Control Committee yesterday regarding the An Ghaeltacht defender.

TIPPERARY have re-arranged their attack for Sunday’s Allianz National Hurling League final against All-Ireland champions in Thurles, making no fewer than four changes from the last round game against Limerick a fortnight ago.

Former Laois hurler Niall Rigney was appointed last night as manager of the Laois senior hurling team, following the resignation of Damian Fox at the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise.

DAMIEN FOX last night tendered his resignation as Laois hurling manager but the county has moved quickly in installing a new interim management team to take the senior side through to the end of the season.

LAOIS officials met last night to discuss their response to Saturday’s disgraceful scenes at an U21 championship semi-final replay in which a player was knocked unconscious.

A great white shark could be hunting off the British coast, but today experts said even if claimed sightings of the legendary predator are confirmed, the waters are safe.

BIG spender John O’Donoghue used €17,000 worth of Oireachtas staff time in his three-week campaign for re-election last year.