Longford brush aside Offaly to set up league final with Limerick

Longford manager Diane O’Hora insists her players must improve considerably to tackle Limerick in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 4 final on May 5.

The midlanders beat Offaly by 3-17 to 1-8 in yesterday’s semi-final at Mullingar, but O’Hora revealed preparations for the final will be disrupted by players absent from training.

O’Hora, a former All-Ireland senior medallist with Mayo, explained: “We’ll be missing eight or nine players from training during the coming week. Girls have to work and they have no choice in that. But Longford need to get out of Division 4.