Sean McCloskey has officially ended his three-year reign as manager of the Derry senior hurlers.

WHILE reaction was muted yesterday, the decision of the GAA to allow Rule 42 be debated on the Congress floor is expected to lead to weeks of feverish discussion in the northern counties.

GAA chiefs have pushed the Bank of Ireland SFC quarter-finals back by a week to allow greater flexibility in their schedule.

FIANNA FÁIL last night held onto its three seats in the mid-Roscommon electoral area as the final count of the local elections concluded.

Counting will begin later this morning in the mid Roscommon constituency, to fill the last five seats in the local elections.

Polls opened this morning in Roscommon for a local election that had been delayed after the death of a sitting councillor just days before the June 11 polling day.

The election in the Roscommon local electorate area has been deferred following the death of Fine Gael candidate Gerry Donnelly.

IFI WORKERS are set to take the Government and ICI to the Labour Relations Court in an attempt to increase their redundancy packages.

The Derry County Board will meet tonight to discuss nominations for the position of senior football manager.

KERRY’S senior hurlers will compete again at Munster SHC level next season after a year’s absence.

The Derry County Board has admitted they'd love to have Mickey Moran back at the helm of the county football team.