Christy Ring Cup favourites Meath had to overcome a stiff challenge from Derry before securing their place in the competition final on Saturday week, where they’ll face a Down side that had nine points to spare against Roscommon in the other semi-final.

Meath cemented their status as clear favourites for the Christy Ring Cup on Saturday afternoon.

Wicklow face Derry in the Allianz Division 2B League final tomorrow afternoon, a game you may associate with simmering dissatisfaction about its location (Inniskeen, which is not Croke Park).

Westmeath boss Joe Quaid says the GAA only care about the highest tier of hurling and has backed calls for all league finals to take place in Croke Park.

Tralee may have provided the antidote on Saturday night but the poison that exists in Gaelic football isn’t going away on the basis of what transpired in Inniskeen yesterday.

Our writers round-up the biggest talking points from the weekend's League action...

Leading inter-county football managers run the risk of losing sideline privileges for several games should they continue the habit of keeping their actual starting teams for Allianz League fixtures under wraps until the 11th hour.

“It’s time for something new in Tipp. The group of players, we want to give them the best chance going forward. They just want to hear something new. I’ve been there a very long time and I’m certain sure those guys needed a break from me.”

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan has cast doubt about the venue being able to host Allianz League double bills in January and February in the future.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan has cast doubt about the venue being able to host Allianz League double bills in January and February in the future.

Smiles all round after this encounter even if Kerry’s were more of the wrier variety having been on the wrong end of a harsh penalty call.

University of Ulster 1-13 UCD 0-18 (after double extra-time)

All-Ireland Ladies SFC champions Dublin will play two of their Lidl National League Division 1 fixtures at Croke Park this spring while also travelling to Castlebar for a showdown with Mayo.

They commemorated him in fine style, not near the stilly, greeny waters of the Grand Canal, but by his graveside, deep in the landscape he immortalised.

A special commemoration has taken place on the 50th anniversary of the death of Patrick Kavanagh.

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

Latest: Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has welcomed the news from the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) today.

Holders Cork emerged from a game for the ages to book their place in a third successive All-Ireland minor A ladies football final.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

From Kavanagh country to a TV career, comedian Oliver Callan has found satire to be anything but stoney ground, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

A great man once described art as “not what you see, but what you make others see”. In other words, art requires an audience to interpret it.

A man has been arrested after officials smashed a huge fuel laundering operation believed to be costing the taxpayer more than €10m every year.

My former midfield partner is at last getting the plaudits his talents and effort deserves

Kilkenny survived a late Wexford rally to advance from their Camogie League Division 1 semi-final in Waterford by 2-7 to 1-7.

Even extra-time could not separate Doohamlet and Carrickmacross at the end of a riveting Monaghan SFC contest in Inniskeen on Saturday.

Saunter around Croke Park before throw-in on match day and you will invariably come across photographers and cameramen harvesting some of the tribal colour with shots of fans funnelling into GAA Headquarters.

Heaven. He’s in heaven.

The Yeats festival is much more than an attempt to cash in on the artistic brothers’ association with the area, writes Alan O’Riordan.

The Yeats festival is much more than an attempt to cash in on the artistic brothers’ association with the area, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Gregory McGonigle’s Monaghan are firmly on course for a fourth successive TG4 Ulster ladies’ senior football championship title.

Donegal confirmed their place in the Allianz Hurling League Division 3A final, while their were wins also for Tyrone and Fingal over a busy weekend.

The story of the day in the lower reaches of the Allianz Hurling League was Longford’s inability to field against Fermanagh.

The family of a remand prisoner found dead in a holding cell have called for an ombudsman-style inquiry into his death in the interests of other vulnerable inmates.

A SELF-CONFESSED killer deemed to be a suicide risk has taken his own life in custody.

The parents of a man found dead in a holding cell have said he was broken-hearted and full of remorse after killing a GAA star.

LATTON were crowned Monaghan champions for the third time in six years after a disappointing SFC final in Inniskeen yesterday.

Five players struck down with the injury.

MONAGHAN 1-18 MAYO 2-13

JACK O’CONNOR’S decision to rest Colm Cooper for Kerry’s trip to Monaghan indicated he expected a very competitive, tough, physical encounter and Gooch’s health would be better served by an afternoon off.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor last night backed midfielder David Moran to recover from a season ending cruciate knee injury sustained in Sunday’s league win over Monaghan.

It has been confirmed that young Kerry midfielder David Moran suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in yesterday's Division 1 victory over Monaghan in Inniskeen.

2009 Footballer of the Year Paul Galvin will make his first start of the season for Kerry in Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 1 game against Monaghan at Inniskeen (throw-in 2.30pm).

KERRY attacker Barry John Keane will be back in contention for next Wednesday’s Munster U21FC final against Cork, with his eight-week suspension set to draw to a close this Saturday night.