Longford booked their place in the O’Byrne Cup semi-final for the fourth year in a row with six points to spare over Carlow in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

Perhaps history will repeat itself and a Jack O'Connor-led team will bounce back from a loss to Longford with a strong season but, for now, it's frustration for the new Kildare manager.

Meath will face Tipperary in the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship Final after they produced a powerhouse display in overcoming Roscommon at Nowlan Park.

Longford champions St. Columba’s created history as they became the first club from the county to reach the Leinster Senior Club Final with a well deserved win over Carlow Champions Eire Og in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

Magnificent Longford’s long wait for a Leinster championship win finally ended when they created a massive shock with a thoroughly deserved victory over 14-man Meath before an attendance of 5,591 at Pearse Park yesterday.

Armagh 1-11 Longford 1-10: This was the ultimate smash and grab operation.

Kildare 2-15 Longford 1-9: Kildare collected their second Leinster minor title in three years with a comfortable nine-point victory over Longford.

To John O’Shea, the solution is simple.

Martin O’Neill thinks Shane Long will take the pressure associated with his €15 million move to Southampton in his stride but believes setting a target for the season would help the Tipperary man bridge the gap from being a scorer of great goals to a great scorer of goals.

Hull City 1 Cardiff 1

Aiden McGeady’s difficulty could turn out to be Anthony Pilkington’s opportunity, as the winger’s withdrawal from the Irish squad is sure to prompt some deep thinking by Giovanni Trapattoni ahead of next Friday’s World Cup clash with Sweden.

Limerick 0-16 Offaly 1-11

Limerick 0-16 Offaly 1-11

Offaly 2-10 Tipperary 1-08

Offaly 2-11 Carlow 1-11

Leitrim 0-8 Offaly 0-9

Offaly 2-05 Clare 0-13 David Tubridy contributed six quality points as Mick O’Dwyer’s Clare kept their promotion push alive with a vital victory over Offaly, one that was far more convincing than the scoreline suggests.

Offaly 1-8 Limerick 0-12

Tomás Ó Sé returns to the Kerry side for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin at Fitzgerald Stadium.

London 1-05 Offaly 1-13

Michael O’Donoghue and Jack Sherwood will both make their league debuts for Kerry in Castlebar tomorrow.

Offaly 1-9 Kildare 1-12

Offaly 1-11 Laois 1-8

Navan O’Mahonys 1-11 Wolfe Tones 0-07

Rhode 0-15 Clara 1-06

Ireland U21 manager Noel King is refusing to give up the Euro qualification quest following last night’s defeat to 10-man Turkey.

Robbie Brady maintains he’d rather be in Sligo than Serbia tonight.

Triplet sisters wrote themselves into the Ladies Gaelic Football history books in Birr last Saturday.

Tipperary 1-12 Offaly 0-10

Kildare 0-19 Offaly 0-6

The Connacht SFC final will be played at a neutral venue — regardless of who provides the opposition to surprise finalists Sligo.

John Egan is taking inspiration from clubmate James McClean as he makes his way in international football.

Laois edged an entertaining battle against an Offaly side, minus Ciarán McManus and Niall McNamee at the opening of the new Mountmellick GAA Clubhouse by GAA President Liam O’Neill last night.

Roscommon maintained their perfect start to their Division Three campaign with a win that was far more comfortable than the scoreline suggests.

James McCartan insists survival in Division One remains Down’s priority despite a one-point win over Ulster champions Donegal in Newry on Saturday night.

Down 1-10 Donegal 1-9

KILDARE made light work of a desperately uncompetitive Offaly to set-up an O’Byrne Cup semi-final with All-Ireland champions Dublin that has an exciting feel to it, even at this early juncture of the season.

TWO first-half goals within a minute from Alan Mulhall and Ken Casey set up Offaly’s win in the opening round of the O’Byrne Cup at O’Connor Park, Tullamore yesterday.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U21 coach Noel King has named his squad for the UEFA Championships qualifier against Liechtenstein at The Showgrounds, Sligo on Monday night (7.30pm).

GREG CUNNINGHAM hopes tofinally get his year going tonight when Ireland’s U21s face Liechtenstein in their UEFA Championship qualifier in Eschen (6pm Irish time).

THE oft-battered cult of the outside manager got a fillip, not a flake, in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday. You only had to see what victory meant to Limerick football boss Maurice Horan, a Mayo native, at the final whistle.

Limerick 3-13 Offaly 0-15

A MUCH-maligned Offaly side produced one of the shocks of the All-Ireland SFC qualifier weekend with a deserved victory over Division One opponents Monaghan in Tullamore.

Offaly 1-18 Monaghan 1-10