John Brennan blamed some rash decision-making by his players in the last five minutes and a dubious point for Louth as the reasons why Derry failed to hang on in Celtic Park.

Derry eased their relegation fears with a significant, if hardly stylish, victory over out-of-sorts Meath in Navan.

Kildare finally got amongst the goals, conceded two more and Johnny Doyle showed he is still a key cog in the Kildare machine as they pushed themselves into promotion contention with a hard-fought victory over Derry at St Conleth’s Park yesterday.

Kildare 2-13 Derry 2-8

A hungrier Derry secured their first points of this League campaign in this disappointing encounter in Celtic Park on Saturday night.

Tyrone blew neighbours Derry away at Healy Park to step up their bid for promotion.

Allianz Football League Division 2: Tyrone 2-15 Derry 0-9

Donegal 1-11 Derry 0-8

Derry 3-14 Armagh 1-11

CONOR O’MAHONY returns to the Tipperary lineup for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Clare in the Gaelic Grounds in the only change from the side that defeated Cork last month. O’Mahony is named at centre-back with Padraic Maher moving to half-back and John O’Keeffe to the full-back line in place of Paddy Stapleton.

Derry 1-18 Fermanagh 1-10

ANTRIM 0-13 DERRY 1-18

DUBLIN football defender Kevin Nolan says he and his team-mates train as hard as Premier League footballers.

A GOAL in each half from Sean Leo McGoldrick and Paddy Bradley steered Derry to a comfortable win over Queens University in Section B of the Dr McKenna Cup at a frosty Celtic Park last night.

Derry 2-12 Fermanagh 1-10