Louth 1-15 Westmeath 2-10

THE All-Ireland SFC qualifier between Kildare and Antrim will go ahead as scheduled tomorrow night in Newbridge, and Dermot Earley jnr will be available to line out for the Lilywhites.

Westmeath 0-8 Down 2-15

IRISH business may rebuild international credibility with a combined voluntary code of corporate governance practice for private companies and state bodies.

John Keane's body language told it all. Clearly despondent after their hammering from Dublin in the Leinster football semi-final, the Westmeath captain would have wished to be anywhere than being wheeled out to face the media.

JOHN KEANE’S body language told it all. Clearly despondent after their hammering from Dublin in the Leinster football semi-final, the Westmeath captain would have wished to be anywhere than being wheeled out to face the media. But, to his credit, he didn’t shirk from his duty and faced the music. Offering the view that he hadn’t had “a feeling like this in a long time coming”, he said: “I just want to get togged in and go home at this stage.”

WHATEVER about the message it sends out to Dublin, their opponents in the Leinster SFC semi-final on June 28 for the second successive year, Westmeath, accept the reality of their situation, facing up to the champions on the back of a disastrous League campaign and a display against Wicklow in Tullamore at the week-end that was anything but convincing.

WESTMEATH boss Tomas O Flatharta wasn’t sugarcoating the task facing his side in a Leinster semi-final against Dublin.

Tyrone 0-14 Westmeath 1-7

Dublin 0-10 Westmeath 0-15

Westmeath manager Tomas O'Flatharta has been forced to plan without the influential Dessie Dolan and David Duffy for tomorrow's NFL Division 2 decider against Dublin in Navan.

Monaghan 0-11 Westmeath 1-10, Clones

Westmeath manager Luke Dempsey has named Dessie Dolan in his starting 15 for this Sunday's Leinster SFC opener against Longford at Pearse Park.

Westmeath manager Luke Dempsey has named Dessie Dolan in his starting 15 for this Sunday's Leinster SFC opener against Longford at Pearse Park.

2004 All-Star Dessie Dolan has earned a quicker than expected recall to the Westmeath side for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Limerick (Cusack Park, throw-in 5pm).

Gary Glennon, PJ Ward, Gordon Duffy and John Smyth will all make their championship debuts for Westmeath when they take on Offaly in the Leinster SFC first round on Sunday (Croke Park, throw-in 4.00pm).

MEATH introduce two newcomers, goalkeeper Brendan Murphy and right half-forward Peter Curran, for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Leinster SFC first round clash with neighbours Louth at Croke Park.

AT least three motorists brought their cars to a stop yesterday morning as they sailed through the Mount Oval estate on the outskirts of Cork city, and proceeded to capture the scene on their camera phone.

Sean O’Riordan

THE board of Cork Airport was called on last night to offer its marketing manager a new contract.

A fire crew in Northern Ireland was attacked with fireworks last night as they attended a Halloween call near the border.

BOSSES at Cork Airport remained tightlipped last night as speculation mounted that the airport's first transatlantic service will be announced this morning.

“FOR once in my life I’m actually speechless. I’m sure the Minister for Finance would be happy to hear that.”

CORK International Airport handled an extra 308,000 passengers last year, bringing to 2.18 million the number of people who passed through its terminal.

It has emerged that a candidate for Ian Paisley's DUP in next Wednesday's Northern elections has a string of convictions for sectarian offences.

RACHEL KOHLER, Ireland’s most capped hockey player and the captain of the side which claimed sixth place at the recent European championships in Barcelona, has announced her retirement from the international side.

LAST month was a record June for Cork International Airport, with traffic up by 45,611 passengers, or 24%.

REGIONAL airline Aer Arann Express, has introduced a new direct summer service from Cork to Southampton, predicting it will carry over 10,000 passengers on the route during the summer period.

ONE of the country’s emerging banking forces is Bank of Scotland, which last week announced an 84% increase in its pre-tax profits for last year.

THE first-ever continental charter airline to establish a base in Cork is to service all the top European sunspots from early next summer.

A growing number of business chiefs are supporting the Government's push for a 'yes' vote in the upcoming Nice Treaty referendum.

The Dutch vessel dubbed the ‘‘abortion ship’’ has begun its controversial 10-day visit to Ireland with crew claiming that women seeking to terminate their pregnancies in the state were having their human rights violated.

The vessel, registered in the Dutch port of Scheveningen, carries an operating theatre within a converted container attached to its deck.

Ireland’s pro-life movement tonight claimed record numbers of Irish women having abortions in Britain were directly linked to a 1995 decision to make available information about overseas termination facilities.