Just how far can Mayo’s Ballintubber go based on this resilient performance? That debate is for another day after they dug out a one-point win against Tourlestrane, the Sligo champions, in this low-scoring yet thoroughly absorbing Connacht GAA Club SFC quarter-final.

Mayo manager James Horan has dismissed reports that suggested that former captain Trevor Mortimer was out of the running for a place in his Championship squad.

THE Mayo senior football team will be captained by former All Star Alan Dillon for this season’s championship campaign.

The Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) tonight welcomed the Budget's commitment to allocate additional funding to improve public health services in Ireland from 2007.