Antrim 0-12 Donegal 3-16

Karl Lacey and Rory Kavanagh will be back for the Ulster final, Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has confirmed.

Donegal 3-16 Antrim 0-12

Antrim won a high-scoring Ulster SFC clash with Fermanagh by 3-13 to 2-18 at Brewster Park.

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Tyrone, Donegal, Monaghan, Derry, Antrim and Cavan were victorious in the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup in Ulster this afternoon.

Antrim manager Liam Bradley is targeting an Ulster final appearance in the newly redeveloped Casement Park in 2016.

Two counties still searching for a senior football manager are expected to fill the respective positions next week.

Frank Dawson and Kevin Ryan have been reappointed for another year as the Antrim senior football and hurling managers respectively.

The Antrim County Board have plumped for Frank Dawson to be the county's next senior football manager, following a statement released last night (Friday).

The identity of the new Antrim senior football manager is expected to be revealed next week after three candidates were interviewed for the position on Tuesday night.

With Lenny Harbinson and Kevin Madden both ruling themselves out of the running for the Antrim senior football manager job, the odds are now stacked in favour of Gearoid Adams taking over.

Four men are currently in contention to replace Liam Bradley as Antrim senior football manager, although the list could be added to as clubs in the county can nominate other candidates up until Sunday.

The Derry county board is refusing to comment on reports that Liam Bradley is being lined up to take charge of their senior footballers.

Liam Bradley feels the time is right for him to leave Antrim — but insists that doesn’t necessarily mean he will be taking over as Derry manager.

The race to become the next Derry senior football manager is on after the County Board executive decided to seek nominations for the position at last Monday night's meeting.

Football managerial revolution — it’s been coming for quite some time now.

Antrim chiefs may well turn to a non-native to fill the vacant county hurling team-manager position, despite their experiences with Jerry Wallace.

Tipperary -10 Antrim 0-08

Team captain Aodhan Gallagher will play no part in Antrim's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Tipperary on Saturday.

Tyrone’s hopes of claiming a win in Killarney this weekend have been handed a considerable boost with the news that Stephen O’Neill has been passed fit for the third round All-Ireland qualifier against Kerry.

Antrim manager Liam Bradley is pleased to have avoided the 'big three' - Kerry, Kildare and Tyrone - in the draw for the third round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

Galway should have seen this coming.

Liam Bradley hopes the public will have greater appreciation for the Antrim footballers after Saturday’s defeat of Galway.

Antrim 0-11 Galway 0-10

Antrim boss Liam Bradley has hinted Sean McVeigh could return to the Saffron shirt next year.

In the corridor at Ruislip following Saturday’s qualifier, Antrim boss Liam Bradley was conducting a television interview when referee Pádraig Hughes peered around the corner.

Sipping from his water bottle, Tommy Freeman took a big gulp and surveyed the scene he missed so badly last year — Clones on a hot summer day, Monaghan people cheering louder with every point.

Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9

Eamonn McEneaney has revealed he is tempted to throw Tommy Freeman into battle at Clones tomorrow.

Three of Monaghan's most influential players will be missing from their starting line-up when they play Antrim in Clones on Sunday (throw-in 3.30pm).

Limerick manager John Allen has handed championship debuts to Conor Allis and Shane Dowling for Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

An Antrim goal fest shortly after half-time saw Cavan’s hopes of a vital win implode at Kingspan/Breffni Park.

Wexford and Longford confirmed their places in the Football League Division 3 final, while there were wins for Connacht sides Sligo and Roscommon.

Antrim took over at the top of Allianz Football League Division 3 tonight, while Cavan registered their first win of the campaign.

In all the hullabaloo since last weekend, DCU’s achievement in reaching a third O’Byrne Cup final in four years has largely been pushed aside.

DOWN’S form in Ulster has been impressive and last night they sealed a place in the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals where they take on Derry.

NIALL McNAMEE has not been named in the Offaly squad for next month’s Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup but is expected to return to county colours during the Allianz Football League.

ATTEMPTS to introduce a tap-and-go rule to Gaelic football have been rubbished as “off the wall” by exasperated Tyrone manager Mickey Harte.

Deadlock: Dublin v Meath 1991

THE county versus college row has escalated in Ulster with Tyrone and Antrim making their student players unavailable to the third level teams for next month’s McKenna Cup.

WITH a swashbuckling second-half performance on Saturday evening, Down set up a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland SFC final by demolishing Antrim.

Liam Bradley's three-year contract as Antrim manager came to an end with last night's All-Ireland SFC qualifier defeat to Down.

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