ANOTHER weekend passes and, with it, another slice of hope that someone, somewhere, sometime may actually give this Dublin team a serious test as they chase a fourth Leinster title in a row.

Louth manager Eamon McEneaney has named an unchanged team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Cork (O'Moore Park, throw-in 2pm).

Louth manager Eamonn McEneaney has made six changes in personnel to his side for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Limerick (Gaelic Grounds, throw-in 7pm).

Just like his Wicklow counterpart Mick O'Dwyer, Louth manager Eamonn McEneaney has named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SFC first round replay at Croke Park (throw-in 2.10pm).

Laois 2-10 Louth 1-13

Galway will be looking to drag themselves off the foot of the table while Westmeath are aiming to extend their lead at the top of Allianz NFL Division 2 this weekend.

Armagh 1-09 Louth 0-11

Louth marked their return to top-flight football with a win today as Darren Clarke and Shane Lennon both netted against Down in the 2-14 to 1-13 victory in Drogheda.

MARTY McGRATH, Fermanagh’s star midfielder and one of the county’s two Vodafone Allstars, is adamant that the county can build on their incredible 2004 season.

THE honour of being the player to receive the 1,000th award at tomorrow night’s Vodafone GAA Allstar banquet has fallen to Kerry footballer Paul Galvin.

League and All-Ireland champions Kerry wrapped up the season in fine style with six of their team picking up Vodafone GAA All Star awards.

FERMANAGH’S 22-year wait for a second Allstar award will come to an end this afternoon when the Vodafone football team are chosen by a panel of national media in Dublin.

TWELVE members of Kerry’s All-Ireland winning team have gained nominations for the 2004 Vodafone GAA Allstars team.

Peter McGinnity, Fermanagh's only Allstar, may soon have company, after the invigorating displays of wing forwards Mark Little and Eamonn Maguire this season.

PAUL BREWSTER wishes he was five years younger. For so long, he was the soul of Fermanagh football, the man who kept believing when others threw up their head.

EIGHT days ago Cormac McAnallen attended the wedding of his Tyrone team-mate Gavin Devlin, in the company of his fiancee Aisling Moore.

MATT CONNOR never imagined he would be amongst the Irish hoards in Melbourne this week, sampling the delights of the International Rules Series, the Rugby World Cup and the Melbourne Cup.

MATT CONNOR never imagined

ALL but one of the Irish competitors were victorious on the first day of the Men's and Women's Open events in the World Handball Championships.

The most maligned football province will provide half of the weekend’s Championship quarter-finalists. How come, asks Mark Gallagher.

JOHN O’KEEFFE is banking on goals for Ireland if they are to be successful against Australia in the opening test in the Coca-Cola International Rules Series in Croke Park on Sunday.

AUSTRALIA may have finalised its 26-man squad for the upcoming International Rules Series, but Ireland’s squad remains very much a work-in-progress.

Martin Carney, Matt Connor and Peter McGinnity have been appointed selectors of the Irish international rules team for the next two years.