Two-time All-Star Declan Browne will be confirmed as Tipperary’s new U21 football team manager this evening.

Experienced inter-county manager Tomás Ó Flatharta predicts his native Kerry will pull a rabbit from the hat and bring “something special” to their clash with Dublin.

It’s been a fair while since we watched a Galway football team move with such swagger, such confidence. Too long, Gary Sice would argue.

Laois’s Colm Begley believes Dublin would find life more difficult in the Leinster championship away from Croke Park.

A few moments after Mick Monahan blew for full-time in the 2004 Leinster football final at Croke Park, Shane Power spotted a gap between two stewards and darted through.

Tomas Ó Flathárta has hinted that he was forced to resign as Laois football manager and indicated that he retained the support of the players whose voice was ‘ignored’.

Laois GAA top-brass will meet later this week to begin the search for a fifth county football manager in nine years.

Kildare 3-18 Laois 1-11: Not even their own supporters held much hope of Kildare beating Laois given their injuries and a horrible league campaign but manager Jason Ryan insists he and his coaching staff retained faith in their methods despite some of the vitriol being aimed in their direction.

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

Three of football’s ‘Big 4’ are in action this weekend, with All-Ireland champions Kerry, Mayo and Donegal all facing tough tests.

Sharpshooter Donie Kingston thinks Laois will need to register a 70-minute performance to get past Kildare in Saturday’s Leinster championship replay.

Kildare 0-16 Laois 0-16: Tommy Moolick capped off a barnstorming performance off the bench with a wonderful injury-time point to rescue a draw for Kildare at the end of a thoroughly entertaining Leinster SFC clash with Laois at O’Connor Park.

GAA Championship: Peter McNamara analyses the live televised action on Saturday.

As a Kerryman who has been manager of Westmeath and Galway, Tomás Ó Flatharta knows all about derbies.

“My view on the way the Championship is today is I think we’d be way better off if we had a shorter season, first of all to give lads time to play with their clubs.”

Laois 3-16 Carlow 0-8: It was as smooth a win as you could wish for but Laois manager Tomás Ó Flatharta learned little about his team as they steamrollered Carlow at Netwatch Cullen Park in this Leinster Championship opener on Saturday night.

Laois gained the expected upper hand in this local derby against Carlow to set up another battle for domestic bragging rights against Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final.

If you were to listen to the naysayers, increasing education, dedication and professionalism has been the scourge of football.

Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.

Galway 0-10 Laois 2-10

Laois 2-17, Roscommon 0-16:

Westmeath 1-12 Laois 0-10: Allianz Football League Division 2: Westmeath’s campaign got off to a winning start in Mullingar yesterday.

A blistering opening set Galway on their way to a 2-13 to 1-12 win over Meath in their Allianz Football League Division 2 tie today.

Laois 1-11 Dublin 1-12: Jim Gavin was fulsome in his praise for midfielder Emmet Ó Conghaile after he scored the winning point with the last kick of the game in Portarlington.

Laois footballer Peter O’Leary has called time on his inter-county career.

We have a lot of belief and we are going to give it our very best shot.

GAA espionage reached a new level in Fitzgerald Stadium on Tuesday evening when a man scarpered having been spotted attempting to watch Kerry’s behind-closed-doors training session — from a tree!

Wexford footballer Adrian Flynn has apologised for his outburst against referee Anthony Nolan on social media.

Laois 1-19 Fermanagh 2-15

Laois 1-19 Fermanagh 2-15

Laois boss Tomás Ó Flatharta admits to having mixed feelings about his side’s Leinster quarter-final defeat by Dublin but is now solely focused on progressing through the qualifiers.

LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Laois forward Dave Conway believes the county still possesses the quality and quantity of player required to repeat their pomp of a decade ago when they were Dublin’s biggest provincial rivals.

Laois manager Tomas Ó Flatharta insists the county has moved on from the mini-controversy that saw Colm Begley dropped from the squad to face Wicklow in the first round of the Leinster Championship.

Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11

New York captain Brendan Quigley says talk of removing the team from the Connacht championship makes no sense in light of the strong preparations they are putting into Sunday’s provincial opener with Mayo.

Laois 1-16 Down 2-10

Donegal and Monaghan retain their position of strength at the top of Division 2 of the Allianz Football League after their wins over Louth and Laois.

Ray Silke has urged Galway footballers to concentrate on their football and ignore their Twitter accounts as the county faces a battle to avoid relegation to Division 3 next season.

Laois 1-20 Galway 0-8

Donegal moved back to the top of Division 2 this afternoon as they defeated Monaghan 2-11 to 0-10 in a repeat of last year's Ulster final in Letterkenny.

A realistic Tomás Ó Flatharta won’t overlook Laois’s defensive responsibilities in a rush to add an extra attacking dimension to their play this year.