Second-half goals from Fintan Ó Curraoin and Shane Walsh preserved Galway’s Division 2 status, and, in the process, condemned Kildare to the third tier.

Both Galway and Roscommon are still in the hunt for promotion to Division 1 after Damien Comer's goal helped the Tribesmen to their third win of the campaign at Hyde Park.

Down 1-17, Galway 1-16: Kevin Walsh was left regretting Galway’s wastefulness as Down came with a late charge to snatch a valuable win which moved them to the top of Div 2 in the Allianz Football League.

Full-forward Patrick Sweeney scored 1-5 as Galway moved to the top of the Allianz Football League Division 2 table with a 2-13 to 2-12 win over Westmeath at Cusack Park.

Galway 2-13 Meath 1-12: Allianz Footbal League Division 2: Galway’s exile from the top flight in the league is now in its fourth year but with four of their games at home this season and derby away ties to Roscommon and Westmeath also on the agenda, there is growing optimism that they are in a good position for promotion.

FBD Connacht League: Sligo 0-5 Galway 0-14

Galway 0-13 GMIT 0-6

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-9

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has made a series of changes to his team for Sunday's Allianz Football League encounter with Westmeath at Tuam Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Galway 1-15 Derry 0-15

Killererin 0-12 Micheál Breathnach’s 0-10

NUI Maynooth and DCU will contest tomorrow's Sigerson Cup final after semi-final wins at Dangan, Galway this afternoon.

NUI Maynooth held off a late challenge from 14-man UCD to forge a deserved victory in last night’sfloodlit Sigerson Cup quarter-final.

A GROUP of airline, tourism and economics experts will come together next month to debate the future of Shannon Airport which suffered the worst decline in passenger figures of any European airport in 2010.