Laois lose Meaney and Walsh

Laois football manager Justin McNulty will be without the services of Kevin Meaney, last year's captain, and full-forward Gary Walsh for the remainder of this year's Championship.

Meaney and Walsh have informed the O'Moore county management that they will be spending the rest of the summer in New York, with Meaney, who was used as a second half substitute in last weekend's disappointing Leinster SFC defeat to Louth, set to play for the Leitrim club in the Big Apple.