Gary Daly’s top form continued with a bowl-of-odds win over Aidan Murphy in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre.

Manager Fergal O'Donnell has picked an unchanged Roscommon team for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon (throw-in 2pm).

SEAMUS O’NEILL and John Rogers are major doubts for Roscommon’s Connacht SFC semi-final against Leitrim on Sunday.

WHEN told a handgun had been found in garda searches of his back garden, a Limerick man, whose grandson is on trial for murder, tried to get at the weapon, the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick heard.

ROSCOMMON had a timely return to form in New York last night as the Connacht champions began the defence of their title impressively in the Bronx.

New York 1-11 Roscommon 3-21

HEARTLESS thieves have devastated two elderly bird breeders in Limerick by taking almost 50 canaries from aviaries at the rear of adjoining houses.

ALL week we’ve been reading about a virus that had Meath players dropping like skittles at a kiddies’ birthday party.

FORMER U21 All-Ireland winning captain Kevin Hynes makes his championship debut for Galway on Sunday when they take on Laois in the Leinster SHC at Portlaoise.

AIDAN O’MAHONY is looking forward to putting the past behind him in 10 days time when Kerry renew hostilities with Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final.

TEENAGER Cormac Joyce-Power will make his Munster SFC debut for Limerick, who take on Tipperary at Semple Stadium next Sunday.

UP TO 10,000 residents of a rural stretch of Monaghan and Cavan are worried about the safety of their water, after it was revealed the supply has been contaminated with a chemical used by the Nazis to kill thousands of prisoners in the concentration camps of the 1940s.

A BUNGLING burglar, who got stuck in a wardrobe and then struggled to escape the house, hugged the householder when she helped him get away.

TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Killian Young from the Renard club makes his National Football League debut for Kerry when they take on Mayo in the opening round at Castlebar on Sunday.

Limerick 0-14 Roscommon 0-11

BRIAN McGUIGAN will be back for Tyrone’s Ulster SFC clash with either Cavan or Antrim. McGuigan is due home on June 9 from Australia, 10 days ahead of the Clones clash.

Connacht champions and All-Ireland finalists Mayo face off against Roscommon today in the FBD League – in a repeat of last year’s provincial final.

AS armed patrols keep the lid on the Limerick feud, the tried and trusted tactic of gardaí pounding the beat is turning the tables on the city’s more traditional trouble maker.

Mayo football boss John Maughan has criticised the omission of midfielder Ronan McGarrity from this year's Allstar team.

NEXT Saturday’s replay between Sligo and Roscommon will be decided in the old-fashioned Gaelic football way — with the more dominant midfield emerging from the battle.

Roscommon 1-18, Kildare 0-19 (after extra time)

THROWN in at the deep end and rescuing Tyrone from impending defeat, both Conor Gormley and Ger Cavlin have retained their places for Saturday’s Bank of Ireland Ulster SFC replay with Derry at Clones.

EXCITING teenage prospect Donncha Walsh from Cromane will make his senior intercounty debut when Kerry take on Dublin in the Allianz NFL at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, on Sunday.

FOLLOWING the defeat to Roscommon, the Cork selectors have made sweeping changes for Saturday’s crunch Allianz NFL clash with Galway under lights at Páirc Uí Rinn.

DONEGAL manager Brian McEniff is expected to name Finn Harps star Brendan Devenny when he selects his side later in the week for next Sunday’s Allianz NFL clash with Dublin at Ballyshannon.

Roscommon have left two vacancies for their game against Galway.