Clare only led once in this qualifier, but they hit the front when it mattered most, landing a winner as the game slipped into stoppage time to crown a great weekend for the Banner County.

Laois 1-11 Armagh 1-10: In the end, like most recounts in a general election, there was no change.

Laois came out on top a real dogfight at O’Moore Park and advance to the second round of All-Ireland qualifiers, while Armagh’s disappointing season is over.

Laois secured the dubious honour of a Leinster football quarter-final tie with Dublin in Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park early next month, but only with a deeply unimpressive and barely deserved win over Division Four opponents on home soil.

O’Byrne Cup - Meath 2-16 Laois 0-14: Laois manager Mick Lillis has dismissed the suggestion that the appointment of Bryan Cullen as Dublin GAA’s high performance manager illustrates the widening gap between the capital and other counties in Leinster.

O’Byrne Cup - Laois 1-10 UCD 1-9: An injury-time point from sub Ruairí O’Connor got Mick Lillis’s tenure as Laois manager off to a winning start in Ratheniska yesterday.

Westmeath 1-12 Laois 0-10: Allianz Football League Division 2: Westmeath’s campaign got off to a winning start in Mullingar yesterday.

Laois 1-11 Dublin 1-12: Jim Gavin was fulsome in his praise for midfielder Emmet Ó Conghaile after he scored the winning point with the last kick of the game in Portarlington.

Laois 1-07 Maynooth 0-18: NUI Maynooth eased to a convincing eight-point win over Laois in Portarlington last night.

O’Byrne Cup

Tipperary 3-17 Laois 4-9

Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett will make his first competitive start of the 2014 season in tomorrow evening’s do-or-die qualifier joust with Galway (throw-in 7pm).

Laois 1-19 Fermanagh 2-15

Laois 1-19 Fermanagh 2-15

Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11

Brian McIver last night closed the door on Eoin Bradley returning to the Derry squad for this summer’s championship.

Laois 1-16 Down 2-10

Armagh 2-18 Laois 1-12

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has rung wholesale changes for Sunday’s trip to Killarney to face Kerry.

Laois 1-20 Galway 0-8

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin believes that the Allianz Football League should not begin until April.

Westmeath manager Paul Bealin is optimistic his outfit will stay the course against All-Ireland champions Dublin on Sunday.

Galway football has been dealt a massive blow with news that defender Colin Forde will miss their entire 2014 campaign after emigrating to England.

Louth 1-16 Laois 1-6, Portlaoise

Laois 0-14 Wexford 1-08

Former Antrim player James Loughrey is a new addition to the Cork bench for Sunday’s Division 1 clash with Mayo after completing a transfer to Mallow from St Brigid’s.

Longford 0-6 Laois 0-9, Pearse Park

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10

Westmeath 1-10 Laois 1-8

Laois 1-17 Louth 2-14

Derry 1-17 Laois 2-11

Tomás Ó Sé returns to the Kerry side for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Laois 0-20 Armagh 1-10

Laois 0-20 Armagh 1-10

Michael O’Donoghue and Jack Sherwood will both make their league debuts for Kerry in Castlebar tomorrow.

Offaly 1-11 Laois 1-8

Dublin 1-12 Laois 0-12

Laois manager Justin McNulty has, unsurprisingly, stuck with the same 15 players who started last week’s qualifier defeat of Meath for this Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against reigning champions Dublin at Croke Park.

Laois 1-15 Meath 1-12