ANTRIM’S hurlers safely secured a place in the next phase of qualifiers with an eight-point win over Carlow at Casement Park on Saturday, but manager Dinny Cahill felt the level of performance wouldn’t be enough to get past the next round.

Cormac Donnelly and Eddie McCloskey have been named in the Antrim team to face Wexford in Sunday's Leinster SHC quarter-final at Wexford Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

ANTRIM star Neil McManus doesn’t want Saturday’s Leinster SHC victory over Laois to be a one-off.

ANTRIM hurling boss Dinny Cahill has handed out four championship debuts for Saturday’s Leinster SHC clash against Laois at Portlaoise (7pm).

WESTMEATH slumped into deep relegation trouble when they lost at home to Antrim by four points, having finished the game with just 13 players.

The Gardai and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating the death of a man in a farming accident in Co. Laois.

THE Government was warned yesterday that it may never be forgiven for ending the automatic entitlement to a medical card for everyone over 70.

FRIENDS of a Co Sligo businessman who suffered severe head injuries in an unprovoked attack on a trip to Belfast are to rally around their colleague.

A MAN who wanted to become a notorious serial killer and be like the Nightmare On Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger for a day was given six life sentences at the Old Bailey yesterday.

STUDENT-FRIENDLY short questions with no twists or snags eased Junior Certificate students into what were very well received business studies papers yesterday.