A man has been found guilty of having an explosive device at Longford railway station during the visit of Queen Elizabeth in 2011.

Dublin Senior football selector David Billings has been slapped with an eight week suspension from all GAA activities for "persistant verbal abuse of officials" in UCD's recent Round Robin victory by 1-14 to 0-13 over St. Patrick's, Drumcondra on February 14 last.

So, the Dubs have departed the football championship. Now, who will fans in the other thirty-one counties vent their anger on? ‘Late, drunken, coke snorting, abusive Cork / Kerry fans on the Hill’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Referee John Bannon attracts Kerry and Dublin fans’ ire for his handling of the All Ireland football semi final. In hurling, Waterford fans are angry about ‘the system’ that beat their hurlers while Limerick anger continues at ‘sections of da meedja’ who don’t give their hurlers the recognition they feel they’ve earned. Tickets for the All Ireland? Not many of them about but plenty of anger about the 1000% ‘mark up’ by online ticket brokers.

DUBLIN are to consult with the Central Council before deciding on UCD’s future involvement in the county board’s competitions.

There were wins today for Kildare, Dublin and Wexford in the quarter-finals of the O'Byrne Cup, while the Meath-Longford clash didn't go ahead due to a frozen pitch.