Critics fail to fire Offaly

Offaly 2-14 Laois 1-19

“You can’t stop people from making those type of remarks, but I would have hoped that we would have given the right response to that type of comment today. Sadly we didn’t” said the Birr and Offaly legend Whelahan afterwards.

Laois outplayed Offaly from start to finish, goaling through a Stephen Maher free in the first half and accumulating a 1-17 to 0-13 lead after the first hour.