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Offaly GAA
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
Who ranks as the main All-Ireland contender heading into the first weekend of championship action?
Dessie Dolan’s side lacked spark in defeat to Sligo while Antrim send Wicklow down to Division Four
Alan Connolly fires a hat-trick for Cork as defeat consigns Offaly to Division 1B next year
Wicklow are now pointless from five games and look set for relegation
Cats outscore Offaly by nine points during crucial phase after trailing by six points at the break
Liam Kerr scores two goals as Ulster Down continue fine league campaign by seeing off Offaly in Newry
Offaly miss a late penalty as they fall to Clare; Westmeath work past Wicklow to maintain 100 per cent start to the league
Will the gifted if slightly-built young Offaly hurler Adam Screeney be able to cope with the unprecedented physical demands of the modern game at senior level?
Cork continue to find it difficult to master their traditional old hurling rivals Kilkenny
Offaly had edged themselves into a two-point lead as the game moved into additional time
David Fitzgerald’s side get off to fine start with 12-point win and three goals
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