THE fourth round of the Evening Echo Cork SFC begins tonight with the all west Cork meeting of Dohenys and Carbery Rangers in Rossmore at 7.30pm.

LAOIS GAA officials have been rebuffed in a startling bid to woo Kerry legend Darragh O Sé as their new football coach while any prospect of Mick O’Dwyer returning to the midlands also appears to be off the agenda.

CAVAN are on the lookout for a new senior football manager after Tommy Carr last night decided to bring the curtain down on his two-year reign in charge.

Laois boss Sean Dempsey has become the latest casualty in senior inter-county football management, following his failure to be reappointed for a third year.

Richie Connor has quit as Offaly senior football manager with immediate effect after the Walsh Island native tendered his resignation with the Offaly GAA County Board this morning.

Laois GAA Co Board have began their search for a new senior football manager following a meeting of the O'Moore County's football clubs last night in Portlaoise.

Pat Roe has called time on his stint as Offaly Senior Football manager, in the wake of the Faithful County's disappointing 18-point defeat to Down in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday.

Offaly manager Pat Roe has handed championship debuts to Niall Darby and Jason Kelly for Saturday's GAA All-Ireland football qualifier against Down at O'Connor Park in Tullamore.

APART from an unfortunate incident in a Leinster championship game in Croke Park two years ago which earned him a suspension and harmed his reputation for a while, life as an inter-county footballer has been quite fulfilling for Matty Forde.

ANTHONY MASTERSON can’t believe his good fortune!

FOR all that Jason Ryan has done to assist Wexford in making the grade in the Leinster SFC in his first year in charge, team captain Colm Morris agrees that the credit for qualifying for a final after a wait of 52 years deserves to be shared among a lot of people.

FOR all that Jason Ryan has done to assist Wexford in making the grade in the Leinster SFC in his first year in charge, team captain Colm Morris agrees that the credit for qualifying for a final after a wait of 52 years deserves to be shared among a lot of people.

Westmeath 2-11 Offaly 1-8, O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Offaly have included one championship debutant in their team for tomorrow evening's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Westmeath (Tullamore, throw-in 6.30pm).

PAUDIE O’SULLIVAN, younger brother of full-back Diarmuid, will make his first start in this season’s League when Cork take on Galway in the semi-final at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds on Sunday.

ALLIANZ NFL DIVISION 4: Kilkenny 1-4 Clare 4-19

Antrim footballers firmly made their long journey to Cusack Park, Ennis a fruitful one with a convincing 13 points victory over Clare by 1-13 to 0-3 this afternoon.

Kieran McGeeney's career as an inter-county manager got off to losing start at St. Conleth's Park, in Newbridge today as a resilient Longford side sent Kildare into the O'Byrne Cup Shield following a 0-9 to 0-7 victory.

Wexford are on the lookout for a new senior football manager after Paul Bealin's decision to resign from the role.

The Down County Board are set to ratify Ross Carr as manager of the county's senior footballers for a second year at their meeting tonight.

Dublin 1-12 Offaly 0-10, Croke Park

Despite fears over the fitness of some of his key players, Offaly manager Pat Roe has decided to name an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Dublin (Croke Park, throw-in 4pm).

Offaly are expected to be without Ger Rafferty for Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Dublin as the St Rynagh's clubman is nursing a knee injury.

Former captain Karol Slattery has been passed fit to line out for Offaly in their Leinster SFC opener against Carlow this Sunday (Portlaoise, throw-in 2.10pm).

Mick O'Dwyer has got his wish today - his new Wicklow charges will face their biggest test to date when they come up against Dublin in a unique O'Byrne Cup semi-final next Saturday.

Laois chalked up their first win under new manager Liam Kearns this afternoon as they made use of a second half wind advantage to secure a 1-11 to 0-7 O'Byrne Cup first round victory over Kildare.

JOHN ALLEN can understand Jack O’Connor’s decision to walk away from the inter-county game more than most and the former Cork hurling manager believes the Kingdom coach made the correct decision.

Former Carlow and Wexford boss Pat Roe has been appointed as manager of the Offaly senior footballers.

Liam Kearns has been announced as the new Laois senior football manager.

Laois County Board chairman Dick Miller has confirmed that Mick O'Dwyer is no longer the midlanders' senior football manager.

KILDARE’S victory in Crossmaglen last Sunday raised a few eyebrows, but Dermot Earley has challenged his team-mates to forget that success and reach for even loftier heights.

Horeswood star Leigh O'Brien is to return to inter-county football to play for new Wexford manager Paul Bealin in 2006.

His appointment has been known of in GAA circles for the past three weeks, but Dinny Cahill was officially appointed as the new Laois senior hurling manager at a County Board meeting last night.