Rescue missions launched on north-west frontier

THE north-west will stir onto our screens tomorrow afternoon as Donegal and Sligo, near neighbours and rivals, will meet for the first time in a championship game.

The bang should reverberate across the country. After all, this was the All-Ireland semi-final that never was last summer.

Both teams came as close as they could to beating more vaunted opponents in the championship quarter-finals, the stylish football of both teams injecting the campaign with some vibrancy.