Portlaoise 2-08 Arles-Killeen 1-08

Senior Football titles were up for grabs in Armagh, Donegal, Kerry, Laois, Meath, Down, Limerick and Waterford this afternoon.

Ballymun Kickhams 0-11 Portlaoise 0-8

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-11 Emmet Óg Killoe (Longford) 2-05

IRFU president Caleb Powell led the tributes from across the sporting spectrum to Moss Keane.

Car giant Nissan has started production of a new engine which could lead to the creation of 200 jobs, it was announced today.

THIS one felt good.

PORTLAOISE cemented their status as Leinster football’s most successful club by claiming their seventh provincial title at the expense of Westmeath’s Garrycastle yesterday.

Portlaoise 1-9 Garrycastle 1-5

AN infusion of fresh blood is the key to Portlaoise’s progression to another Leinster final.

CLARA (Offaly) 1-5 PORTLAOISE (Laois) 0-7

THOMOND Park had to come to terms with a break in tradition last night when the Republic of Ireland lined out against Australia in a soccer friendly.

A MAN, living rough and crushed to death in a refuse collection truck, had chosen a homeless lifestyle, his family said yesterday.

Gardaí have named the man who was crushed to death in a refuse truck earlier this week.

Laois manager Liam Kearns has been forced to make two changes to his side for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Derry (Breffni Park, throw-in 7pm), after key defender Darren Rooney and attacker Brian 'Beano' McDonald both failed to recover from injury in time for the game.

Brian 'Beano' McDonald has recovered from a wrist injury to be named in the Laois side to take on Derry in NFL Division 1B this Sunday at Celtic Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

Laois manager Liam Kearns has made eight changes to his side to face Dublin in tomorrow's O'Byrne Cup Final at Tullamore.

THE anorak with the transistor radio has long been an integral part of the matchday experience and his services will be in great demand in stadiums the length and breadth of the country tomorrow.

FORMER Laois captain Kevin Fitzpatrick is expected to be fit in time for the county’s All-Ireland Championship campaign this summer after undergoing surgery on a groin injury last Monday.

LAOIS football chairman Joe O’Dwyer has supported the county’s U21 football manager in a disagreement over the release of his players for senior duty against Offaly last weekend.

GAA officials have played down the Cork hurlers’ withdrawal from the All-Star trip to Singapore, saying withdrawals have always been a feature of the scheme.

THE Moate Community School in Westmeath inadvertently became the first casualty of county star Dessie Dolan’s 12-week ban last night.

Mick O'Dwyer

DURING his legendary managerial career, Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has always maintained the dictum of its "horses for courses."

Both Laois and Armagh, who clash in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final, will name their sides tomorrow.

GALWAY’S top scorer Ger Farragher could miss Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Kilkenny.

The temperatures may have gone down a few degrees in the past week but the heat will certainly be on for Derry, Laois, Monaghan and Tyrone today as they bid to make the last eight of this year's All-Ireland football championship.

FERGAL BYRON feels it’s about time that the Laois footballers got a little rub of the green.

LAOIS selector Declan O’Loughlin is adamant that his team will secure an All-Ireland quarter-final spot if they can avoid a repeat of the slow starts that handicapped them so badly against Offaly and Dublin.

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has kept Brian 'Beano' McDonald in reserve for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Derry at Croke Park.

AS Paddy Christie waxed lyrical on the Lower Hogan Stand, the Laois players lined up below him desperate for it all to be over.

DUBLIN are odds on with Boylesports to take their first Leinster SFC title since 2002 on Sunday.

Kildare 0-9 Laois 0-21

Laois 1-10 Offaly 1-8

Laois 1-10 Offaly 1-08

IT’S over a quarter of a century now since Kevin Kilmurray spent a week planning for a Sunday where beating Laois was the focus.

Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has received an injury blow with the news that Portlaoise stalwart Kevin Fitzpatrick will sit out the opening rounds of the Leinster football championship after deciding to undergo surgery on a groin injury.

LAOIS’S Kevin Fitzpatrick will sit out the start of the championship following his decision this week to undergo surgery on a troublesome groin injury.

CIARAN McMANUS believes Sunday’s defeat of Louth will offer Offaly the perfect launching pad to seek revenge on neighbours Laois when the sides meet in Croke Park on May 29.

Laois attacker Kevin Fitzpatrick will not require surgery on his groin, a scan has revealed.

LAOIS’S Kevin Fitzpatrick will not require surgery on a troublesome groin.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has handed Philip Jordan his first appearance of the National League campaign as the Red Hands travel to Mullingar to face Leinster champions Westmeath in Division 1A today.