Meanwhile substitute Cian O’Brien was the hero for Meath as his late equaliser rescued a draw.

Connacht semi-final: Roscommon v Sligo, Kiltoom, 7.30pm.

If the Myth of Sisyphus rings true for any team in Gaelic games, it’s surely the Meath footballers.

Sean Barry is confident the death of Meath underage football has been greatly exaggerated.

Meath 1-14 DCU 1-14: Meath will have key attackers Stephen Bray and Mickey Newman available for their O’Byrne Cup clash with Dublin.

O’Byrne Cup

LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Meath’s Leinster championship challenge has been rocked by the loss of midfielder Conor Gillespie for the rest of the season.

When Michael Cusack founded the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884 he had two main aims: to re-establish hurling as the national game and to promote athletics throughout the country.

TODAY

Billy Morgan, perched in front of the sitting room television, is counting down to the start of the Arsenal v Bayern Munich Champions League tie.

NUI Maynooth 2-19 IT Blanchardstown 1-5

Kildare 1-10 Meath 0-09

Wicklow 2-5 Meath 4-11

Ireland falls short of its European neighbours when it comes to access to broadband, according to a Eurostat survey — but lobby groups say the actual figures may be much worse.

Graham Geraghty will be a 40-year-old Sigerson Cup virgin when he lines out against Footballer of the Year Michael Darragh Macauley early next year.

ALL-IRELAND SFC RD4 QUALIFIER:

Tyrone 0-17 Meath 2-9

Dublin 2-15 Meath 0-14

Dublin 2-15 Meath 0-14

Mickey Burke has been named in the Meath team to take on defending champions Dublin in Sunday's Leinster SFC final at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

The Government is to map the country community by community to see which areas should be offered state-sponsored high-speed broadband.

Meath 0-18 Wexford 0-13

There are two changes to the Meath defence for their Leinster SFC semi-final clash with Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 2pm).

Mick O’Dowd insists he is not bothered by claims his Meath team have become uncompetitive at the top level of Gaelic football.

Wicklow 1-12 Meath 1-17

I don’t often agree with Pat Spillane but he was 100% right when he said yesterday’s TV games were hard to sit through.

Wicklow 1-12 Meath 1-17

Once bitten, twice shy — we’re out with the jury on whether the Cork team below actually takes to the Cusack Park field in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final.

Meath manager Mick O'Dowd has included two Championship debutants in his team to face Wicklow in Saturday's Leinster SFC quarter-final in Aughrim (throw-in 7pm).

Monaghan 2-16 Meath 3-8

Allianz FL Division 3 final

Meath 2-12 Fermanagh 0-14

Meath 1-17 Sligo 2-12

Roscommon 0-12 Meath 2-11

THE exchequer is celebrating an €845m windfall from last week’s 4G auction, but lobbyists say rural dwellers expecting a good broadband connection should leave the champagne on ice.

The Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has welcomed the successful auction of 4G mobile licences by ComReg.

HARD-PRESSED consumers have received further bad news with confirmation that Ireland has the most expensive broadband packages in Europe.

Technology group IrelandOffline has today criticised Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan after Ireland slipped further down the global broadband speed charts.

Ireland has been placed 13th of 72 countries worldwide for broadband leadership, according to a new survey.

THE country’s much-berated broadband services are getting even worse, with Ireland dropping out of the Global Top 50 rankings for download speeds.