Latest: A 17-year-old boy being questioned in connection with a fatal stabbing in Offaly has been released without charge.

LAtest: A 17-year-old boy is being questioned by gardai after a man was stabbed to death in Co Offaly.

Former Offaly great Ciarán McManus played a leading role in Tubber’s victory over Ferbane in the crucial final round robin stage of the county senior football championship last night.

A number of young players will make the step up to Senior Championship football when Kildare and Offaly meet in this evening's opening Leinster SFC quarter-final at Croke Park (throw-in 5pm).

An Irish-born Chicago runner is to kick a Gaelic football throughout the entire Dublin Marathon to raise funds for a seven-year old girl with a rare blood disease.