The Fine Gael deputy for Meath East said her family often wondered where they might be today if the Junior Agriculture Minister had got over his moment of crisis.

Laois manager Mike Quirke, 2010 All-Ireland winning Cork manager Conor Counihan, and four-time All-Ireland hurling final referee Brian Gavin have called for the introduction of the clock-hooter system to lessen the "unsustainable" demands being placed on football referees.

McLoughlin accounted for all of Mayo's scores in the second half.

Our writers pick out the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

The Taoiseach has ramped up his efforts to make Brexit the key election issue and said that should the public elect Fianna Fail to office they will be getting an “untried and untested team”.

It was a touch harsh on Eamonn Barry, Meath’s manager at the time, though the national newspaper headline ‘Barry’s bizarre decisions backfire’ did sum up the confusion felt by some supporters at the time.

As the Allianz Leagues throw-in, our writers look ahead to the major storylines which will dominate the weekend's action.

Tony McEntee says players and managers don't know where they stand with the GAA's rule changes to Gaelic football.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has called on Fine Gael to “stop the silly attacks” on Brexit and confirmed that his party colleague, MEP Billy Kelleher, will be voting in favour of the Brexit Withdrawal agreement later this month.

McEntee made his comments after Meath’s 4-16 to 1-15 O’Byrne Cup win over Laois, a game watched by county title winner Conor Nash, who is now established in the AFL with Hawthorn.

Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said now is not the time for a border poll.

In the past, Mr Varadkar and his predecessor Enda Kenny have travelled to EPP gatherings using commercial airlines, as the events are deemed to be party-political in nature.

A win against Austria will give the side a chance of making the Elite Round.

The Republic of Ireland have lost the opening game of their UEFA Under-19 European Championship qualifiers 2-1 to Switzerland in Salzburg.

Conor McManus says John McEntee didn’t “shirk” his job with Clontibret even though it brought him the one scalp he never wanted to take.

He now resides forever in the GAA Hall of Fame but Larry Tompkins came close to obscurity.

Gardaí do not believe that the 39 people found dead in a container yesterday in the UK were trafficked through Ireland.

Armagh attacker Oisin O’Neill reckons the new Tier 2 championship will ensure that next year’s Division 2 league campaign is more competitive than ever.

It was a gamble John McEntee must have felt was worth taking when he took on the Clontibret job last year — but the scenario he wanted to avoid most has come to pass.

As many as 40,000 UK drivers based in the Republic risk driving illegally unless they transfer to an Irish licence before Brexit.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set to warn British prime minister Boris Johnson the time for a last-ditch Brexit deal is “shrinking rapidly” when the two rivals meet in New York amid growing hard border fears.

John Fogarty asks what previous All-Ireland final replays can tell us about Saturday’s game?

A junior minister says the government is "extremely frustrated" over the UK's hardball approach to Brexit negotiations.

Businesses needed to “prepare for the worst”,Heather Humphreys said, with just over 60 days until the Brexit deal deadline of October 31.

Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said it is important to remain calm following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend parliament.

The Government has rejected suggestions of a five-year time limit on the Brexit backstop.

Brexit has only made Europe more united behind small countries such as Ireland and member states will not bow to Boris Johnson on the backstop the Tánaiste says.

Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said that Ireland’s focus in the Brexit negotiations remains on securing a deal.

Helen McEntee says we need to protect our own interests.

A year after stepping away as Mayo selector, Tony McEntee is in the frame for a return to inter-county management with Monaghan.

Former Mayo selector Tony McEntee has rejected Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s claims that their so-called gamesmanship is “on a different level to most teams”.

Two key members of past Mayo football management teams have painted a revealing portrait of a ‘phenomenal’ group of men whose crucial attributes are their ordinariness and thirst for information.

The tepid showing of Jim Gavin’s second string in Sunday’s Super 8 win over Tyrone has ‘demystified Dublin’, says former Armagh star Tony McEntee.

We live in strange times. Not only can a team lose four championship matches in the one summer these days, but they can feel pretty good about themselves on the back of it. And with good reason.

Former Mayo selector Tony McEntee insists tomorrow’s Super 8 decider is not personal for Stephen Rochford - but claims Donegal are in difficulty going to Castlebar.

Meath manager Andy McEntee admitted there was a touch of Groundhog Day about his team’s latest nine-point defeat in the Super 8s.

Paul Keane in scoreboard Watching this epic qualifier tie unfold in Portlaoise, Clare sweating buckets and Meath literally spilling blood, we recalled how Colm Collins once described the Super 8s as a ‘cynical exercise in collecting more money’ by the GAA.

A local paper is calling on an inter-county GAA manager to apologise after comments allegedly made after last weekend's Leinster senior football final.