Down’s Mark Poland has called on the GAA to consult with the players if they want to continue playing intercounty matches on Friday nights.

ST. DEVOTE, under a strong ride from Barry Geraghty, proved best in the Grade 3 Kilbegnet Novice Chase at Roscommon yesterday.

A cancer doctor accused in a lawsuit of forcing George Harrison to autograph a guitar on his deathbed is leaving his post at a New York hospital, it emerged today.