"This new sponsorship will be a boost to Leitrim GAA as we ramp up our preparations for the season ahead."

Monaghan cruised along in fourth gear and still claimed a 13-point win at their ease to set up a tussle with either Roscommon, Laois or Cork in the final round of qualifiers.

Cork actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play political activist Pádraig Pearse in a film about the Easter Rising 1916.

Private institutions still receive substantial State funding, which seems unfair in light of cuts to DEIS schools, writes Michael McNamara

Leitrim manager Mickey Moran has kept faith with the team that beat Sligo in naming an unchanged side for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Roscommon.