A 71st minute goal saw Offaly rob victory at the death with a two-point win over Antrim in the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers at Ballycastle this afternoon.

Connacht 0-16 Leinster 1-23

A move to include Cork and Limerick in Division 1A of next year's Allianz Hurling League has been put on the back burner, drawing praise from the likes of Wexford's All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin and Offaly great Joe Dooley.

Former Offaly All-Ireland winner Daithí Regan has taken a swipe at his county’s management, while the players weren’t spared from criticism either.

Connacht 3-13 Leinster 1-16

People who feel the interprovincial championships, the old Railway Cup, don’t have a future should have a chat with Jackie Tyrrell.

Munster Interprovincial football manager Ger O’Sullivan is adamant his team stand a great chance of beating Ulster in Sunday’s semi-final despite four of the province’s six counties being Division 4 teams.

Thirteen players from All-Ireland SHC champions Kilkenny will be part of the Leinster panel for Sunday's M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling Championship semi-final against Connacht.

Offaly’s Brendan Murphy has retired from intercounty hurling

As the all-Galway Connacht team took the field in sunny Nowlan Park for this M Donnelly Interprovincial Championship hurling final yesterday, they passed under a sign in their dressing-room which stated, in bold red lettering, win, win, win.

Leinster 2-19 Connacht 1-15

Despite half of those who played in last September’s All-Ireland final playing in the semi-final of the Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Championship between Munster and Leinster, a crowd of less than 2,000 turned up at Nowlan Park on Sunday to watch.

The powerbases of hurling in Leinster and Munster was reflected in the starting sides chosen by the respective managers Joe Dooley and Liam Sheedy for this Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Championship hurling semi-final in Nowlan Park yesterday.

The proposal to legitimise payments to inter-county managers has launched a plethora of apocalyptic warnings from various GAA members but few have been so coherently presented as that offered by Liam Rushe in Croke Park yesterday.

The 2012 M Donnelly-sponsored Interprovincial Football and Hurling Championship was launched today by GAA President Christy Cooney at Croke Park.

Leinster manager Seán Boylan argues the Interprovincial Series is a valid way of helping curb the recent spats of indiscipline at inter-county level.

MARTIN DONNELLY has confirmed he will sponsor the interprovincial championships next month.

Gerry Cooney was installed as the new Offaly senior football manager at a County Board meeting last night, with Ollie Baker taking over as the county's hurling boss.

Ireland Hurling-Shinty team manager Joe Dooley knows his side will have to deliver another top drawer performance if they are to claim the series overall, with a second Test against Scotland in Inverness next weekend.

Ireland 1-16 Scotland 2-8

FORMER Tipperary coach Eamon O’Shea will not be part of any new Galway hurling management set-up.

Preparations are underway for the senior and U-21 Hurling/Shinty international matches which are due to take place over the coming weeks.

Former Clare hurler Ollie Baker has been put forward as the new Offaly senior hurling manager, following a recommendation from the selection committee involved.

OLLIE BAKER is set to follow his former Clare All-Ireland-winning teammates Davy Fitzgerald and Anthony Daly into inter-county senior management, after being recommended by an Offaly County Board appointments committee to succeed Joe Dooley as the county’s new manager.

OFFALY GAA officials began the process of finding a replacement for Joe Dooley as hurling manager last night. Dooley stepped down after four seasons following their championship exit to Cork, but, according to county board chairman Pat Teehan, the wheels are in motion to find a replacement.

Ger 'Sparrow' O'Loughlin has resigned as Clare senior hurling manager, following a two-year spell in charge.

OFFALY chairman Pat Teehan said the county board owes a “debt of gratitude” to Joe Dooley after he stepped down from his position as senior hurling manager on Tuesday.

IT was only a couple of weeks ago that Offaly senior hurling manager Joe Dooley wrote a letter to the secretary of the county board, a letter copied to the secretary of every club in the county, complaining of the treatment of his players and management team at the county ground, O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

OFFALY senior hurling manager Joe Dooley last night announced his resignation from the position.

Offaly senior hurling manager Joe Dooley has said he is proud of the Offaly senior team, as he steps down from his post.

Offaly hurling manager Joe Dooley is to step down from his post, he announced today, citing personal and professional reasons.

Michael Curley, the Chairman of the GAA's National Referees Committee, has defended referee Cormac Reilly's performance in last Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final between Dublin and Kildare.

Joe Dooley will take time out to consider his future as Offaly senior hurling manager following their exit from the All-Ireland Championship at the hands of Cork.

THERE is a reason for the grey hair you see in the accompanying picture.

MAKE sense of that.

OFFALY boss Joe Dooley was circumspect about his future at the final whistle on Saturday afternoon.

Rory Hanniffy and James Mulrooney will line out for Offaly against Cork in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC first phase qualifier at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (throw-in 2.30pm).

JOHN GARDINER has warned that Offaly will have little difficulty in leaving their off-the-field problems to one side when Cork host them at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the first round of the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers next Saturday.

HERE IN this corner of the paper we don’t claim to have a monopoly of wisdom on any subject, apart from what is now an uncomfortable level of expertise on Martin Amis’ sex life (has anyone who ever met this man NOT written a book about his “legendary” intimacies?).

Offaly hurler Brian Carroll says his side have their full concentration on the upcoming All-Ireland SHC qualifiers, despite their current dispute with the Offaly County Board.

FORMER Offaly star Ger Oakley has claimed player welfare has been a issue in the county for the “last six or seven years”.

All-Ireland SHC winner Daithi Regan has backed Joe Dooley and the Offaly senior hurlers in their current dispute with the County Board over training access.

The Offaly County Board have confirmed that they will respond to the issues raised this week by senior hurling manager Joe Dooley - but only after Offaly's All-Ireland SHC campaign has ended.

OFFALY legend Daithí Regan has blasted the county board for their treatment of the county’s hurling teams.