Laois secured the dubious honour of a Leinster football quarter-final tie with Dublin in Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park early next month, but only with a deeply unimpressive and barely deserved win over Division Four opponents on home soil.

Laois 1-16 Antrim 2-15: Laois became the 2015 football championship’s first high profile casualty on Saturday when they failed to defend a nine-point lead against Antrim in their home venue of O’Moore Park, eventually crashing out thanks to the concession of a late goal to Antrim substitute Dermot McAleese.

Kildare blitzed Laois in stunning fashion after half time to canter into a Leinster semi-final against Dublin.

Laois and Kildare couldn’t be separated and have to meet again next Saturday at O’Connor Park, Tullamore after this rip-roaring Leinster championship clash.

As a Kerryman who has been manager of Westmeath and Galway, Tomás Ó Flatharta knows all about derbies.

Laois 3-16 Carlow 0-8: It was as smooth a win as you could wish for but Laois manager Tomás Ó Flatharta learned little about his team as they steamrollered Carlow at Netwatch Cullen Park in this Leinster Championship opener on Saturday night.

Laois gained the expected upper hand in this local derby against Carlow to set up another battle for domestic bragging rights against Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final.

Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.

Allianz FL Division 2

Galway 0-10 Laois 2-10

Laois 2-17, Roscommon 0-16: Tomás Ó Flatharta felt that there was a good performance coming from Laois, and they certainly impressed when recording their first victory of this year’s league campaign.

Laois 2-17, Roscommon 0-16:

Allianz FL Division 2 Round 2: Laois 2-6 Cavan 0-17: Neither the absence of light in their dressing room nor the malfunctioning showers could affect the good humour amongst the Cavan contingent at O’Moore Park on Saturday night.

Laois 1-07 Maynooth 0-18: NUI Maynooth eased to a convincing eight-point win over Laois in Portarlington last night.

Dublin became the first team to qualify for the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup semi-finals after a hard earned victory over Offaly, with wins also for Maynooth University, Kildare, UCD, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford and DIT tonight.

O’Byrne Cup

INTERNATIONAL RULES WARM-UP:

Tipperary 3-17 Laois 4-9

A six-pack is no longer the Holy Grail for men who want a buffed physique – now it’s all about the inguinal crease.

Laois 1-19 Fermanagh 2-15

Laois boss Tomás Ó Flatharta admits to having mixed feelings about his side’s Leinster quarter-final defeat by Dublin but is now solely focused on progressing through the qualifiers.

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming"

Dublin came good when it mattered most as second half goals from Diarmuid Connolly and Michael Daragh Macauley paved the way for an 11-point win for the reigning All-Ireland and Leinster champions at Croke Park

Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11

Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11

Laois 1-16 Down 2-10

Monaghan secured the result of the day in Allianz Football League Division 2 by hammering Meath by 0-20 to 0-8.

ARMAGH

Ireland 116 Australia 37, Ireland win series on aggregate 173-72

Ireland 57 (2-12-9) Australia 35 (1-7-8)

Portlaoise remain on course to claim a seventh Laois SFC title in-a-row after they eased to a six point win (1-15 to 1-9) over Arles-Kilcruise in yesterday’s semi-final.

The decision to cancel the country’s first undergraduate course in audiology has been described as a “fiasco”, the High Court has heard.

Donegal 0-14 Laois 0-8

Wexford 2-8 Laois 0-16

Laois 3-17 Clare 0-10

ALL-IRELAND SFC ROUND 1:

Laois 3-13 Carlow 0-12

Former Laois footballer Colm Parkinson has described Donie Kingston as the “Michael Murphy” of the county.

Wexford 1-8 Laois 0-14

Longford 0-6 Laois 0-9, Pearse Park

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10