Leitrim skipper Emlyn Mulligan is hoping for a club and county championship double this weekend as he prepares to face Roscommon at Hyde Park.

A late St Mary’s rally put Leitrim county champions Melvin Gaels out of this year’s competition in Saturday’s hard-fought quarter-final replay at Drumshanbo.

Gortletteragh, Carrigallen, Mohill and either St Mary’s or Melvin Gaels will contest the county’s SFC semi-finals following the quarter-finals played in continuous rain in both Drumshanbo and Cloone.

Leitrim forward Emlyn Mulligan insists he has no plans to declare for the Dublin footballers despite seeking a club transfer to the St Brigid’s club in Blanchardstown.

Castlehaven got the better of divisional side Duhallow in a scrappy Cork SFC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, squeezing home by 1-7 to 0-9.

Salthil/Knocknacarra 0-12 Tuam Stars 0-07

Captain fantastic Ciarán Slevin hit 1-9 as Kilcormac/Killoughey claimed their first Offaly SHC title at O’Connor Park, Tullamore yesterday.

There were new Club Senior Football champions crowned in a number of counties today, with Errigal Ciaran ending their six-year wait for another Tyrone title.

County man Adrian Croal led Glencar/Manor to victory when he shot eight points from play for the four-in-a-row Leitrim champions in a low key 0-14 to 1-5 win over Allen Gaels in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Leitrim 0-13 Wicklow 0-10

Brian McGuigan has madea sensational u-turn to come out of retirement and could be in line to feature against Armagh in the Ulster championship on Sunday week after he returned to training last night, taking part in an in-house training match in Clogher.

COLIN REGAN never expected to be in this job. On February 21, 2010, his mind was only on football as he jogged out onto the pitch for the first run out of the year with Melvin Gaels, a day after firing 1-1 for the Leitrim senior footballers in a league game against Kilkenny.

A TALENTED young GAA star died of severe brain damage following an accidental collision on the pitch when his head collided with the knee of another player, an inquest has heard.

RYAN McMENAMIN and Davy Harte have both been omitted from the Tyrone team for Saturday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Down due to hamstring and calf injuries respectively.

ASSOCIATION President Christy Cooney says the GAA will talk to Leitrim officials about a way of commemorating the memory of the late Philip McGuinness.

Leitrim senior footballer Philip McGuinness has lost his battle to survive following a head injury sustained in a club match on Saturday evening.

AN inter-county footballer is fighting for his life at a Dublin hospital after suffering an accidental head injury in a club game on Saturday evening.

Leitrim have been hit with two massive injury setbacks, as forward duo Emlyn Mulligan and Colin Regan have both been ruled out for the rest of the season.

A YOUNG man who was robbed of his mobile phone and €40 in cash died yesterday from injuries sustained in the attack.