Kildare blitzed Laois in stunning fashion after half time to canter into a Leinster semi-final against Dublin.

Laois 2-17, Roscommon 0-16: Tomás Ó Flatharta felt that there was a good performance coming from Laois, and they certainly impressed when recording their first victory of this year’s league campaign.

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Cork manager Jimmy Barry Murphy has named an unchanged side for Sunday's Munster Hurling final clash with Limerick.

Dublin came good when it mattered most as second half goals from Diarmuid Connolly and Michael Daragh Macauley paved the way for an 11-point win for the reigning All-Ireland and Leinster champions at Croke Park

A family with two children in childcare face paying out €16,500 a year — a cost that may stop people from taking up employment, according to a report.

Clare 0-10 Laois 3-17

Laois 3-13 Carlow 0-12

Louth 1-16 Laois 1-6, Portlaoise

Wexford 1-8 Laois 0-14

For more than a decade, ‘Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels’ has spawned an array of UK crime thrillers awash with dodgy geezers, graphic violence and Cock-er-ney rhyming slang.

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10

THE Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, visited the Falkland Islands in 1834.

Brace yourself for the boxing analogies.

Laois 1-17 Louth 2-14

Communications provider, UPC Ireland has reached the one million subscription milestone, capping off a strong year for the company.

Derry 1-17 Laois 2-11

UPC, the European division of Liberty Global, an international cable operator, is confident of Ireland’s economic future, a gathering of business leaders heard in Brussels yesterday.

The centralisation of driving licence production was branded an attack on rural Ireland yesterday, as the Road Safety Authority defended the new system as the cheapest for consumers.

There’s nothing like kicking a football to learn how to play the corporate game. Soccer was Dana Strong’s passion in her teenage years and provided her first introduction to being a team player.

Laois manager Justin McNulty admits the underwhelming performance by his charges in scraping over the line against Carlow will not be good enough to progress in the second round of qualifiers.

Laois 1-10 Carlow 0-9

Longford 1-10 Laois 0-12

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.

Cork 2-14 Laois 0-10

Allianz Football League Division 2: Donegal 2-6 Laois 2-9

Meath, Kildare and DCU advanced to the Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup semi-finals this afternoon, while in the Shield competition Laois, DIT and Wicklow all claimed victories.

Beacon Lodge has a choice of engagements this month as trainer Clive Cox looks for some cut in the ground for his consistent performer.

ANOTHER second-half blitz, another qualifier victory for Kildare. The one team that learns the most from losing seemed to brush away all their cares about Dublin and last-gasp frees with a scintillating performance in Portlaoise.

JAMIE Spencer anticipates a bold show from Cape Blanco when the pair team up in Saturday’s Man o’War Stakes at Belmont Park.

THE margin of victory was as comfortable as the scoreline reflected and Tipperary boss John Evans cautioned that it was hard to judge Laois on the basis of it.

Laois 2-16 Tipperary 0-11

Screenwriter, playwright and director Gerry Stembridge admits to having doubts that he had what it takes to be a novelist, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

LAOIS won but they did so with a performance which in manager Justin McNulty’s own words, would see Dublin “obliterate” them if repeated against Pat Gilroy’s men in the quarter-final.

Laois 0-10 Longford 0-9

KILDARE have shown their ability to snatch a result at the death on a couple of occasions this year, most recently when full-back Mick Foley grabbed an equalising goal in Ballybofey last week.

Kildare 1-13 Laois 1-11

Laois 1-21 Derry 1-7

Laois 1-12 Antrim 0-10

Strong Suit was a surprise omission from the final declarations for the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

FOR long periods Meath looked like they would secure a place in the last four of the Leinster senior football championship quite comfortably, but as manager Eamonn O’Brien admitted afterwards, his side was relieved to have a second chance.

Darren Strong and former Glasgow Celtic triallist Paul Cahillane will make their first Championship starts for Laois against Meath in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).