MICK O’DWYER will tell Laois GAA chiefs next week that he is ready to lead the county’s Championship challenge for next season at least.

It has emerged that four Dublin players became the first GAA players tested during a training session on Wednesday evening.

THE Dubs’ dream of football glory died in a packed Croke Park yesterday when Armagh snatched a one-point victory which puts them into an All-Ireland final against Kerry in three weeks’ time on September 22.

THE ALLIANZ Football League returns on Saturday night in a blaze of floodlight glory and publicity.

Roscommon 2-9

WEXFORD PRO Alan Aherne has rubbished reports that Leigh O’Brien has opted out of their senior football set up.

THE Cork senior football selectors have made just one change on their team for next Sunday’s challenging showdown with Dublin at Parnell Park in the Allianz National Football League.

HILL 16 was blessed for future generations on Monday, but yesterday’s titanic All-Ireland club football final between Ballina and Portlaoise should go a long way in converting the heathen to the creed of Gaelic football.

Kerry 1-15 Dublin 1-8

TRAINER, Pat Hughes, lashed out at an on-course bookmaker after his newcomer, Farmer Brown, had landed a gamble in the Kevin McManus Champion Bumper at Limerick yesterday.

BRIAN WHELAHAN has yet to decide on his inter-county future with Offaly.

IN 1983 he was a winner himself with Portlaoise, when they defeated Clan na Gael, Roscommon in the All-Ireland club football final.

DONEGAL manager Brian McEniff is expected to name Finn Harps star Brendan Devenny when he selects his side later in the week for next Sunday’s Allianz NFL clash with Dublin at Ballyshannon.

The GAA’s season of Sundays turned into a closed season of sackings and resignations. How comethe manager giving seven days a week for nothing ends up with the same amount of thanks, asks Mark Gallagher.

SENIOR members of the Offaly football team are on a collision course with the county board over the future of manager Paul O’Kelly.

CARLOW GAA chairman Eddie Byrne has laughed off reports that a local business consortium is prepared to invest €1m over five years to improve the county’s football and hurling fortunes, saying the figure is closer to €100,000.

THE Limerick stars at the centre of the dual player controversy may be left to decide on their preferred code for 2004.

FORMER GAA president Joe McDonagh believes that the Association will be forced to rethink its policy towards allowing other sports to be played at Croke Park, following the successful hosting of the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics.