Five in a row or not, Jim Gavin was in character facing the press after the final whistle.

It looks like Jim Gavin is less than three weeks away from becoming the new Dublin senior football manager.

Laois ousted last years beaten All-Ireland finalists Dublin, while Wexford also advanced to a Leinster semi-final berth.

Anthony Daly, the recently installed Dublin senior hurling manager, has drafted Richard Stakelum and Ciaran Hetherton into his backroom team for his first season in charge.

ONLY last weekend, it seemed you couldn't give the job of Dublin manager away. But last night in Parnell Park Paul Caffrey was officially rubber-stamped as the man to take over the capital's senior footballers.