Discount retailer Aldi struck gold at the Irish Quality and Drink Awards as well as bagging 10 awards.

The sixth and final place in the knockout stages of the Carlow SFC went to Tinryland, who outfought Mount Leinster Rangers in Kildavin yesterday.

Carlow have one championship debutant for Sunday’s Leinster SFC first-round meeting with Westmeath at Cusack Park in Mullingar (3.30pm).

Palatine reached the Carlow SFC final after an 0-15 to 0-10 win over a fancied Rathvilly at Dr Cullen Park on Saturday and O’Hanrahan’s emerged 4-13 to 1-12 winners over Tinryland in a replayed quarter-final tie which required extra-time.

New football champions will be crowned in Carlow this year after Palatine defeated Old Leighlin, winners for the past two years, in a thrilling SFC quarter-final at Dr Cullen Park on Saturday.

The GAA in Carlow is mourning the sudden death yesterday of Tommy O’Neill, County Board secretary.

OLD LEIGHLIN won the Conlon Cup for the third time before 4,000 spectators at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

THE Willie O’Connor Cup went unclaimed after yesterday’s Carlow SHC final at Dr Cullen Park as Naomh Eoin battled back to force a draw with Mount Leinster Rangers, 1-7 to 0-10, with a late point from a free by captain Dwain Kavanagh.

ÉIRE ÓG came from four points down in the second half to send Palatine tumbling out of the Carlow SFC in Saturday’s quarter-final at Dr Cullen Park — the former Leinster champions winning by 3-11 to 2-8.

TIPPERARY’S Moyle Rovers are the front runners to progress from Group A after swashbuckling performances against Ballinhassig and Kinsale.

EUROPEAN rugby player of the year Sean O’Brien will be Carlow’s secret weapon when they take on Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday.

Carlow will field a team that includes three Championship debutants when they take on Louth in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final in Portlaoise (throw-in 3.30pm).

CARLOW manager Luke Dempsey has handed out five championship debuts for next Sunday’s Leinster SFC quarter-final against Louth.

RATHVILLY remain on course to retain the Carlow SFC title following an 0-13 to 1-4 win over a disappointing Tinryland side in Saturday’s quarter-final at Dr Cullen Park.

WICKLOW midfielder Thomas Walsh has submitted a transfer request which could see him return to his native Carlow.

More than half of the Carlow team for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Offaly will be making their championship debuts in Portlaoise (throw-in 2.10pm).

Catherina McKiernan successfully defended her Adidas Frank Duffy 10-mile title, shaving 1:20 of her 2003 winning time in Dublin on Saturday.

THE Games Administration Committee of Carlow County Board have fined two clubs €1,500 following the abandonment of a MFC semi-final earlier this month.

AS the hurlers of Kilkenny continue to celebrate, footballers in two parts of Carlow have found themselves in hot water.

ANDY COLEMAN (Enfield AC) finally broke Noel Berkeley’s stranglehold on the Nike Ballycotton 10 when he outfoxed the Dubliner to snatch a victory that left just six seconds separating the top two —49:52 to 49:58 — in a thrilling finish.