Carlow officials reckon they may be in a position to announce their senior football team's new manager tomorrow.

Former Meath midfielder Liam Hayes' recent reign as Carlow senior football manager will be his last in charge of an inter-county team.

JOHNNY NEVIN will decide this month whether the longest running senior inter-county career in the GAA will continue for another season.

CARLOW’S decision to concede a walkover to Fermanagh in Saturday’s opening Tommy Murphy Cup game could prove costly.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly last night paid tribute to the “wonderful commitment of the grassroots members of the Association.”

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CARLOW’S Johnny Nevin believes the NHL Division 2 victory over Offaly was the culmination of a massive development programme.

CARLOW GAA chairman Eddie Byrne has laughed off reports that a local business consortium is prepared to invest €1m over five years to improve the county’s football and hurling fortunes, saying the figure is closer to €100,000.

Waterford’s Dan Shanahan and Carlow’s Johnny Nevin have been named as the Vodafone GAA All-Stars hurler and footballer of the month for May.

On each of the three previous occasions that Down’s footballers have entered the SFC qualifiers, they have come off second best.

Laois 0-15 Carlow 1-7

Carlow 1-07 Laois 0-15

LAOIS’ first defence of their Leinster SFC title on Sunday is boosted by the return of Kevin Fitzpatrick for the meeting with Carlow in Dr Cullen Park.

Carlow 4-15 Longford 1-16

Carlow 0-07 Longford 0-07

Former Offaly manager Paul O'Kelly has moved quickly to rule himself out of the running for the vacant Carlow football manager's position.

CARLOW have been left in turmoil, with Mick Condon the latest casualty, as claims and counter-claims are made by players and management over the sequence of events which ultimately led to the manager, selectors and physical trainer walking away, just four weeks before their championship opener.

Johnny Nevin will take charge of training in the absence of Mick Condon - and the experienced player may yet land the job full-time.

13-man Donegal came from behind against Monaghan to maintain their 100% Division 2A record - winning out 3-06 to 1-11 at Ballyshannon - but Roscommon will head into the three-week break topping the pile on points difference after their 2-12 to 2-07 defeat of London at Ruislip.

A SENIOR GAA official has condemned TV pundit Pat Spillane for recent criticisms of the association.

Tipperary 1-14 Carlow 0-13

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LIKE every championship, this summer begins with the weekend of the lesser lights.

CARLOW’s victory over Meath last weekend didn’t cause the reverberations it should have done.

Carlow have made one change from the side that beat Wicklow for their meeting with Leinster Football Champions Kildare.

Carlow make one change from the side that beat Wicklow for their meeting with Leinster Football Champions Kildare at Croke Park this Sunday.

Carlow face a major injury crisis ahead of their National Hurling League Division Two clash with Kerry in Limerick on Saturday.