Louth manager Aidan O'Rourke has made three personnel changes for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Kildare in Newbridge (throw-in 7pm).

Louth 1-15 Wexford 2-13

Wexford 2-13 Louth 1-15

Louth 1-16 Laois 1-6, Portlaoise

Donie Kingston will start for Laois in Sunday's Leinster SFC first round match against Louth at O'Moore Park (throw-in 3pm).

Louth 1-14 Longford 1-8

Armagh 1-10 Louth 1-12

Louth 2-9 Wexford 2-13

Recent political moves have provided grounds for optimism that the millions of undocumented in the US, including many thousands of young Irish people, may soon become ‘legal’, writes Larry Donnelly

Wicklow 1-12 DCU 2-9

As if he was not under enough pressure following a heavy Leinster SFC defeat to Dublin, Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick had to cancel training on Monday night due to 21 of his players being unavailable.

Brian White will be a notable absentee from the Louth team when they face Westmeath in the opening round of the Leinster Championship next month.

Meath 1-8 Louth 2-14, Pairc Tailteann

Derry 0-19 Louth 1-16

Monaghan 2-24 Louth 1-15

Louth 0-13 Tyrone 2-13

Paddy Keenan was central to Louth winning this low-key Division 2 tie at Haggardstown yesterday.

Louth 0-12 Westmeath 1-6

LOUTH GAA star Brian Donnelly has been suspended from soccer for four weeks after a committee found him guilty of playing a league match under the name of fellow Wee County GAA player Richard Brennan.

A LOUTH GAA star could be hit with a lengthy ban from soccer, after lining out in a junior soccer league game under the name of a colleague from the county Gaelic team.

Kerry 0-13 Roscommon 0-12

THREE in-a-row chasing Kerry put their Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21BHC title on the line when they face Roscommon in this afternoon’s semi-final clash in Toomevara at 2pm.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, son of manager Peter Fitzpatrick, has been drafted into the Louth team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath at Kingspan Breffni Park (throw-in 7pm).

Mick Fanning will make his seasonal debut for Louth in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Carlow in Portlaoise (throw-in 3.30pm).

THERE is a temptation to portray Saturday night’s Division 3 league final victory in Croke Park as a moment of redemption for Louth footballers.

Louth 1-15 Westmeath 0-13

SHANE LENNON will have good reason to remember the first National League match played at the Geraldines grounds at Haggardstown, near Dundalk, on Saturday night.

Westmeath stumbled in the second half as Kildare overturned a half-time deficit to qualify for next Sunday's O'Byrne Cup final, while last year's runners-up Louth beat UCD in the other semi-final.

Drogheda United 1 Dundalk 3

AIDAN PRICE rejects the notion that the title is Shamrock Rovers’ to lose ahead of tonight’s top-of-the-table Dublin derby with St Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park.

Galway United and Drogheda United go head-to-head in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash at Terryland Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

Shamrock Rovers will be hoping to keep the pressure on league leaders St Pat’s as they take on Drogheda United at Hunky Dorys Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

St Patrick's Athletic can push further clear at the top of the table with victory over Drogheda United at Richmond Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Bray Wanderers will be hoping for a victory that would close the gap on fellow strugglers Drogheda United when the two sides meet at Hunky Dorys Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers meet in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash at Hunky Dorys Park (kick-off 7.45pm).

AFTER their humiliating 4-0 midweek Champions League defeat by Welsh side TNS, Bohemians must somehow lift their morale for tonight’s Premier Division clash with bottom side Bray Wanderers at Carlisle Grounds (7.45pm).

CORK look certain to have to plan without Donncha O’Connor for Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier round 2 tie against Cavan at Páirc Uí Chaoimh as the attacker continues to be hampered by an Achilles tendon problem while Paul Kerrigan is another doubt with a hamstring worry.

IT COULDN’T have been more fitting as an Aussie Rules season that shapes up to have a greater Irish influence than ever before, kicked off last night with one of our exports providing the opening night fireworks.

LAOIS’S Zach Tuohy has reaffirmed his commitment to his county’s Championship cause despite confirmation that he is to spend over a month of the summer in a Carlton Football Club training camp.

1986 is not a year most Irish people would like to relive. But the ESRI says we are on our way there, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.