A late surge of scoring for the second game running proved decisive for Louth as they cruised through to a mouth-watering Leinster SFC quarter-final clash with old rivals Meath.

Powerful full-forward Conor Grimes struck a decisive 71st minute goal at Croke Park as Louth came from behind to secure a dramatic Allianz football league Division 4 title success.

I would like to compliment Frank Murphy, the secretary of the Cork County GAA board, for his comments on the refereeing in the football and hurling championships.

A teacher who was subject of a number of complaints by pupils and parents, including about her teaching competency and behaviour, has brought a High Court challenge to decisions to initially compulsorily transfer her to another school and later place her on administrative leave.

The HSE has unreservedly apologised for shortcomings in the management and care of a 31-year-old woman whose cancer went undiagnosed for nine months.

Under the light of the same North Star that guided the Vikings on their expeditions of conquest and terror over a millennium ago, Waterford came out in force on Saturday night to mark the start of 1,100 years since the city’s foundation.

Geraldines (Louth) 2-09 Naomh Olaf (Dublin) 1-12 (aet)

ALLIANZ FL DIVISION 1

Westmeath 0-16 Louth 2-09

Westmeath 0-16 Louth 2-9

Louth remain top of Group A in the Bord na Mona Cup after Jim McEneaney grabbed the equalising point in their dramatic 0-11 to 1-8 draw with Meath at Pairc Tailteann last night.

Louth 2-15 UCD 1-13

Malachy O'Rourke is poised to succeed Eamonn McEneaney as manager of the Monaghan senior footballers.

He may have been one of the best players of his generation but Trevor Giles was always an understated superstar and that penchant for modesty is alive and well these days as he works on the minds and bodies of those following in his footsteps.

Kildare beaten, convincingly.

Monaghan manager Eamonn McEneaney stood down from the job last night.

Eamonn McEneaney has announced his intention to resign as Monaghan senior football manager following their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Laois.

Eamonn McEneaney: “It was a big opportunity for us to get to the Ulster final but you have to move on from it. ”

Did Monaghan blow it, or were Down just too good in the second half? Eamonn McEneaney reckoned he knew the answer.

The gloss has been taken off Meath's Leinster SFC win over Wicklow with the news that captain Seamus Kenny will miss the rest of the Championship.

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).

A miserable afternoon for Monaghan at Healy Park ended with the news that Westmeath had beaten Derry to condemn the Farney men to Division Three next season.

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 0-19 Louth 1-16

Eamonn McEneaney says Monaghan feel they have been “stitched up” and he personally has “very little faith” in the GAA disciplinary process.

Louth 0-17 Kildare 2-15

Monaghan bounced back dramatically from their disappointing performance against Derry last weekend to run out comfortable winners over Louth in a dramatic tie in Clones yesterday.

GAA president Christy Cooney revealed Croke Park bosses will meet with the Revenue Commissioners this week to resolve issues relating to referee expenses.

Detectives believe that a “spotter” gave information to a gunman who shot dead a father of three in a Dublin pub exactly a month ago.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information following the shooting death of a 36-year-old man in Dublin last month.

Eamonn McEneaney accused GAA chiefs of misapplying the rules after Monaghan were ordered to forfeit home advantage for the Allianz FL Division 2 clash with Louth on Sunday week, March 11.

An exhibition of long-range shooting from Monaghan would have been the talking point from this Division 2 affair were it not for two ugly melees.

Conor Counihan’s suggestion to send off players who get involved in melees has received mixed reaction among GAA officialdom and his fellow inter-county bosses.

Paddy Keenan was central to Louth winning this low-key Division 2 tie at Haggardstown yesterday.

JACK BRADY and sub Donal Smith struck second-half goals as DCU, without several key players, advanced to the O’Byrne Cup semi-final at Ballymahon yesterday.

A DISPUTE has arisen between two secretaries as to whether the medical chart of a deceased patient had lain in a consultant’s office tray for months or weeks.

A FORMER registrar at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has told a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry she cannot recall a note left on a chart to ensure a biopsy was conducted on a woman who died from cancer.

A CONSULTANT obstetrician and gynaecologist is facing a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry over the care he gave to a young woman who died from cancer two years ago.

INNOCENT plumber Anthony Campbell, who was gunned down while at work in a north Dublin house, had both arms raised in a defensive posture when he was murdered, the findings of a postmortem suggest.

MONAGHAN boss Eamonn McEneaney is looking forward to the All-Ireland Qualifiers with a confidence that his young side can develop and mature along the way, and possibly enjoy an extended run this summer.

THE GAA should be doing more to keep its players in Ireland, according to two Ulster greats.