Despite slow start, Mike Quirke and Laois progress to Leinster semi-final

It's Dublin up next - where Laois cannot afford a sluggish start

Trevor Collins of Laois is tackled by Iarla O'Sullivan of Longford. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Leinster SFC: Longford 1-14 Laois 1-16

Few teams have fashioned victories from near-certain defeat as often as Laois this year and Mike Quirke's side performed another unlikely act of escapology in this Leinster quarter-final today. So much so that Longford must still be wondering how the visitors slipped their chains.