Limerick and Cork look most likely to duel it out for silverware, Wexford will likely struggle to stay in the top flight, Dublin and Waterford will be gunning for promotion
Major personnel changes for Leitrim may see them struggle to avoid straight return to Division Four
Gleeson announced last weekend that he was stepping down to undergo cancer treatment
Dublin champions put a sheen on the final scoreline with two late goals in Parnell Park
Wicklow outfit held on for a one-point victory and will play Tullamore in next round
Triumph completes remarkable turnaround for side relegated from Division 1 earlier in the season
Darren Gleeson’s appointment as Laois senior hurling manager latest installment in off-season moves
The 34-year-old from Laois has made the most appearances of any Irish player in the league
Laois led for most of the game but should have made more hay from their early dominance
Laois managed to stay in touch to create an interesting endgame, but anything other than a win for the Mourne men would have seemed unjust
Laverty’s team to face Laois has four changes from the side that overcame Sligo after extra-time
Down face Laois in Saturday’s Tailteann Cup final
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Goal strikes either side of half-time by Brian Byrne instrumental in O’Moore County’s victory over rivals
Mayo are coming from a different position. Frustrated not to get the win over Dublin, they are nonetheless on a run of just one defeat in the past seven matches
Laois inflict a first championship win over their neighbours since 2005 to reach the Tailteann Cup semi-finals
Duo hit 16 points between them as Keith Rossiter’s side triumph at O’Moore Park
An all Ulster contest is set to take place with Fermanagh to meet Antrim while Down will host Limerick
Antrim overcome London and join Limerick and Wicklow in Monday’s quarter-final draw
Offaly raise the green flag twice to work past Laois by three points at Croke Park on Saturday afternoon
Everything you need to know about the rest of the weekend’s GAA action
Laois targeting a good Tailteann Cup campaign after winning Division Four of the Allianz Football League
Donegal native Ciaran Diver finishes with 1-5 for the exiles in their 14-point hammering of Offaly in Tullamore
Offaly’s cause helped significantly by 20th-minute red card for Laois corner back James Kelly
Laois, Down, Kildare, Louth and Armagh should progress in respective competitions
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Laois captain scores six points from full-forward and sets up two goals to set up victory at Croke Park
Down’s fortunes likely to improve against Westmeath
While critics call for league finals to be scrapped, Laois, Longford, Wexford and Leitrim are pursuing a place in the Division Four decider. Each knows that winning it would give their county a lasting lift
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There’s a stark poignant depth to the Laochra Gael episode on the life and times of Laois’s lone hurling All Star Pat Critchley
Former Mayo TD and Mayo manager John O'Mahony sympathises with Justin McNulty as he seeks to combine his SDLP role with the task of managing Laois footballers
SDLP suspended McNulty from party after the MLA left first sitting of the new Northern Assembly on Saturday to manage Laois in a league fixture
Wexford and Tipperary among the teams eyeing promotion and escape football’s basement division
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