Like much of the GAA world, Tom Ryan tuned into RTÉ’s gripping ‘A Legacy’ documentary about the life and times of Páidí Ó Sé earlier this week.

Peter McNamara looks at the big hurling clash in Munster, the Leinster hurling quarter-final and the big football clash in ulster.

Sportsmanship at its best!

Police in Indiana have admitted it could take years to investigate whether others have fallen prey to Darren Vann, a convicted sex offender suspected of murdering at least seven women.

Peter Leahy and Liam McHale have become embroiled in a war of words, with McHale denying he agreed to be part of the proposed backroom team to take charge of the Westmeath footballers.

Kilkenny star Henry Shefflin remains non-committal on his inter-county future — but revealed that he is looking forward to making a decision later in the year.

Sky Lantern, confidently handled by Richard Hughes, oozed class as she proved a facile winner of the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Boston-based Gary Connaughton has given a resounding vote of confidence to his replacement between the Westmeath football posts for Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier clash against Louth, at Mullingar.

Having soldiered in a maroon jersey for 15 years, Westmeath’s Martin Flanagan hadn’t long hung up his boots before donning a bainisteoir’s bib.

Garrycastle ace forward Dessie Dolan will be hoping to add an AIB All-Ireland SFC Club medal to his collection this weekend as the Westmeath outfit become the first team from the Lake County to contest a St. Patrick’s Day decider.

Louth 0-12 Westmeath 1-6

WHEN Pat Flanagan surveys the 2011 championship landscape, the Westmeath boss feels his team are in a better place to where they were 12 months ago.

Westmeath GAA has been boosted with the news that the 2011 GAA Congress is set to take place in Mullingar it has been confirmed.

New Westmeath senior football manager Brendan Hackett says that he sees his new role as not just that of manager - but also as a director of football within the Lake County.

ALL STAR goalkeeper Gary Connaughton may be struggling for work but he’s ruled out emigration because playing for Westmeath means too much to him.

THE only “agent of change” Princess ever supported was the person who changed the water in her fishbowl.

There is “no basis in reality” for film star Wesley Snipes’s claims that he cannot get a fair trial on tax evasion charges because of racial prejudice, US federal prosecutors said today.

Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search of bodies after powerful storms swept through Florida.

AT least 14 people were killed yesterday as thunderstorms and at least one tornado struck central Florida, flattening homes and a church, causing power outages and lifting an articulated truck into the air.

Severe thunderstorms tore through central Florida early today, damaging homes, causing power outages and killing at least two people, authorities said.

Westmeath manager Tomas O Flatharta is hoping teenage terror James Durkan can set Salthill alight tomorrow night and lead the Lake county to victory over Galway (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 7pm).

A former drummer for the Jackson Five was stabbed to death, police said.

DUBLIN football manager Paul Caffrey will meet his hurling counterpart Humphrey Kelleher on Sunday to discuss the dual player issue.

A 12-year-old boy has been killed by an alligator as he swam with friends in a Florida river, police said today.