Westmeath overcome Laois challenge to progress to Tailteann Cup quarters

Westmeath answered that question in spectacular fashion this evening in Mullingar when they crushed Laois in a one-side midlands derby, marking themselves out as the form team in the Tailteann Cup heading into next weekend’s quarter-finals

Sam McCartan was Westmeath's danger man on the day. File picture: James Lawlor/Inpho

Tailteann Cup Preliminary quarter-final: Westmeath 3-26 (3-4-18) Laois 1-15 (1-1-13) 

What’s the best remedy when you’ve been on the wrong end of a litany of heroic comebacks and tense finishes over the course of a gruelling year?