A satisfying end to one of the most bizarre weeks ever for Tyrone GAA ended up with a controlled second-half performance, featuring five unanswered scores in a 13-minute period, which proved enough to get them the opening two points of the Super 8s series against Roscommon.

Tomorrow, at Pearse Stadium, Galway midfielder Tom Flynn will hope to pocket a third Connacht SFC medal in four years, having started the previous two final victories.

Galway and Roscommon have named their started XVs for Sunday's Connacht SFC final.

Mayo manager James Horan has made three changes for their Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final against Roscommon on Saturday.

Conor Cox gave another ruthless display as Roscommon avoided any potential shock against Leitrim at Dr Hyde Park.

Danny Cummins blasted a first-half goal as Galway eased their way to key victory over Roscommon in their bid to reach consecutive league finals.

Anthony Cunningham hailed his side’s resilience as Roscommon kept Tyrone’s second-half rally at bay to earn a share of the spoils in difficult conditions at Dr Hyde Park.

Roscommon manager Kevin McStay has made two changes for their Super 8s match against Tyrone on Saturday evening.

Roscommon 0-17 Cork 1-11: Roscommon promoted, Cork safe. Well, as good as. Cork dropping to Division 3 can only materialise if Meath draw against Louth next weekend and Down overcome Tipp by at least 13 points. Those are two sizeable ifs.

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Roscommon 1-12 Down 0-6: Three wins earned outside of the county boundaries have Roscommon riding high in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League, but manager Fergal O’Donnell is refusing to proclaim their 2017 top flight status just yet.

Roscommon continued their impressive National League campaign as they were nine-point winners over bottom side Down in Pearse Park, Longford.

Aidan Desmond was a comprehensive winner over Michael Barry in the Munster Junior C final at Whitechurch on Saturday.

A 21-year-old man who sped from his bed in the early hours of the Feast of the Epiphany, after it suddenly came to light his girlfriend might be with another young man, ended up in court on a charge of dangerous driving.

Roscommon senior football manager John Evans believes the mindset must change within the county as they prepare to re-ignite their championship campaign in this afternoon’s All-Ireland qualifier trip to Cavan.

Sligo 1-14 Roscommon 0-13: Underdogs Sligo had too much bite for an under-performing Roscommon in Saturday’s absorbing Connacht SFC semi-final at Markievicz Park.

Colin Walshe replaces Drew Wylie in the only change to the Monaghan side for Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final with Fermanagh in Kingspan Breffni Park (4pm). Walshe came on as a sub in the win over Cavan in the quarter-final, scoring a point.

Westmeath 0-12 Roscommon 2-13: Roscommon manager John Evans hailed his side’s promotion to Division 1 of the National Football League by saying: “This meant everything to us today to win promotion. 

DCU 1-14 UCC 2-10 (AET): Not for one minute had Tadgh Lowe stood between the posts in either the Higher Education league or O’Byrne Cup.

Deficits in the Defined Benefit (DB) schemes of the largest Irish private and public sector bodies more than doubled between January and August of this year as the pension levy and falling bond yields took their toll.

Outspoken Labour TD Michael McNamara has settled the unfair dismissal case taken against by him by a childhood friend.

Armagh always looked likely winners as they claimed a five-point win over Roscommon in Round 3 of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers at Dr. Hyde Park this evening.

Cavan 0-5 Roscommon 0-16

Sligo 1-10 Roscommon1-12

Roscommon 1-21 Limerick 0-13

Leitrim 2-05 Roscommon 1-07

Anglo Irish Bank and EBS engaged in reckless practices in lending to Thomas Byrne, it has been suggested at the former solicitor’s theft and fraud trial.

Anglo Irish Bank and EBS engaged in reckless practices in lending to Thomas Byrne, it has been suggested at the former solicitor’s theft and fraud trial.

The trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard evidence that he stole over €10m from EBS Building Society by fraudulently applying for property loans.

The €52m theft and fraud trial of ex-solicitor Thomas Byrne has been shown files showing he paid stamp duty on multiple properties he allegedly fraudulently took possession of.

Richie Feeney has replaced the injured Cillian O'Connor in the Mayo attack for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Roscommon in Castlebar (throw-in 4pm).

Darren O’Malley and Conor Daly are the two Roscommon debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC semi-final clash with Mayo at MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

Galway 1-17 Roscommon 2-11 AET

Galway 1-17 Roscommon 2-11

Roscommon 0-13 Wicklow 1-10

Irish defined benefit pension schemes have become increasingly insolvent, with the deficit hitting €10bn, according to a Lane Clark & Peacock Ireland survey.

Saturday mightn’t have been an afternoon for purists in Pearse Park, but there was enough pluck about Roscommon’s display to ensure they will contest an All Ireland U21 final for the first time since 1982.

Roscommon 2-7 Cavan 2-2

Donal Smith’s 45th minute penalty helped Roscommon extinguish Sligo’s challenge in Saturday’s Connacht U21 final at Dr Hyde Park.

Roscommon 1-13 Sligo 0-8

THOUSANDS of employees at some of Ireland’s biggest companies have had their pension benefits slashed in order to improve the balance sheets of the businesses.