Crucial to that famous day was captain Michelle Guckian, who admitted it was difficult to come down from the excitement of winning the All-Ireland.

In the last 12 months, the men's side ended their wait for a Leinster championship, as they defeated Meath in Croke Park.

Antrim lost out to Louth last August, and they will play the Leinster side once again in Saturday's Division Three final on Saturday in Crossmaglen.

After gaining promotion from Division Two last season, Cork have made a statement early this year as they suffered one defeat and qualified with a game to go.

Finishing top with a game to spare, Cavan were one of the stories of the league campaign, as they take on Donegal at St Tiernan's Park in Clones on Saturday.

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While teams have tactically improved over the years, this has also brought defensive structures that were hard to break down and not easy on the eye for spectators

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In Division 1A, it is a repeat of the 2025 All-Ireland final and the League final, as Cork host Tipperary.

LAOIS ladies began their Division 3 campaign with a draw against Fermanagh in Heywood Community School on Sunday. It was a closely contested match in which Laois were six points down at one stage but also led by four points at another.

LIDL LGFA National League Division 3 Rd 1 Laois 3-13 Fermanagh 3-13 Stephen Duff’s Laois ladies welcomed Fermanagh to Heywood CS after Emo GAA was deemed unplayable upon inspection on Saturday.

For now, the All-Ireland winner is enjoying some downtime.

For Nicola, between club and county commitments, she is on the pitch for nearly the full year, but the thought of an All-Ireland with her county continues to drive her on.

Sitting in the stadium as Kerry were defeated in the Intermediate final, O'Leary said she was “heartbroken” for her old teammates and vowed to return this season.

Mackin has been playing for Melbourne Rebels, alongside her sister Blaithain, since 2023.

From the drama of the two-pointer to the open games of having three players in the other end of the pitch at all times, the men's game was transformed by the rule changes in 2025.

Intermediate county champions in the Kingdom back in 2018, the Tralee-based outfit defeated Finuge/St Senans at Denis Dowling Park, Coolard on September 28th to reach their maiden Kerry LGFA senior championship showpiece.

LOETB Laois LGFA Intermediate Football Final  Graiguecullen 4-14 St Brigid’s 1-6 GRAIGUECULLEN made history in Annanough GAA on Saturday evening as they powered past St Brigid’s to capture their first ever Intermediate Championship title.

THE Portlaoise Junior footballers are preparing for a huge showdown as they face Killeshin in this year’s LOETB Laois LGFA county final.

Killeshin are back in the LOETB Junior county final for the second year in a row, eager to right the wrongs of 2024 when they suffered a heartbreaking one-point defeat to St Paul’s in Annanough.

LOETB Laois LGFA Senior Football Championship s/f St Conleth’s 2-11 Ballyroan 0-8 THIS year’s Laois LGFA SFC county final will be a repeat of last year’s after St Conleth’s defeated Ballyroan on Saturday evening to get revenge, having lost by six ...

LOETB Laois LGFA Senior Football Championship Q/F Sarsfields 7-13 Timahoe 2-11 Sarsfields have booked their spot in the semi-finals after a comprehensive win over Timahoe in Mountmellick GAA on Sunday evening.

After losing out to Galway in the 2024 quarter-finals, Dublin bounced back to defeat Meath in August in Croke Park.

LOETB Ladies SFC Gr B Rd 3 Portlaoise 6-10 Park/Ratheniska 0-3 PORTLAOISE are straight through to the semi-finals of this year’s LOETB Laois LGFA Senior Championship after they comfortably dispatched of Park/Ratheniska on Saturday evening.

LOETB LGFA SFC Gr A Rd 3 Timahoe 5-15 Shanahoe 2-8 TIMAHOE have secured their place in the Laois Ladies SFC quarter-finals with a 15-point win over Shanahoe on home soil.

LGFA IFC Rd 3 Ballyfin 3-9 St Paul’s 1-11 BALLYFIN clinched their second win of their campaign after overcoming St Paul’s in Ballyfin on Friday night. The victors withstood a late comeback from St Paul’s to run out four-point winners.

GOALKEEPERS from Laois, Donegal, Galway, Meath and Roscommon have been nominated for the 2025 ZuCar Golden Glove award. Among those five is Eimear Barry who had an outstanding year for Laois in their march to Al-Ireland glory.

LAOIS were left heartbroken on the pitch at Croke Park on Sunday afternoon as the final hooter sounded, signalling the beginning of Tyrone’s All-Ireland celebrations and the end of Laois’s dream.

CROKE Park has been the scene of so many historic and enjoyable days for Laois in recent years, and while Sunday didn’t deliver silverware, it showed again just how much pride this group of girls continues to inspire.

WHILE Andrea Moran will be head, neck and shoulders into preparing for Sunday’s All-Ireland final, this coming week could not be more contrasting for Ciara Burke.

LAOIS manager Stephen Duff knew when he took on the managers role it was not going to be an easy one. Laois were in a poor place, and he was still very much learning the job.  “I was in Australia when I got the call. I was at a wedding.

IT is hard to believe that Mo Nerney has been involved with the Laois panel for close on 14 years. So it is no surprise that she can identify with both ends of the age spectrum that is involved with the panel this year.

LAOIS began their TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship campaign on Sunday afternoon with an impressive win over Roscommon in Laois Hire O'Moore Park.

The 32-year-old moved to the Netherlands in 2016 for work, having been captain of Kerry in 2015, the last time Lynch was captain before this season.

LAOIS ladies football manager Stephen Duff was left frustrated by his side’s inefficiency in front of goal as they came up short against Westmeath in the TG4 Leinster Intermediate final on Sunday afternoon.

A MIDLANDS derby awaits in the TG4 Leinster Intermediate final when Laois travel to TEG Cusack Park in Mullingar to take on Westmeath tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon (4pm).

University of Galway will have Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s AIB All-Ireland Club winner Eva Noone in their ranks when they go up against UCC in the AIG O’Connor Cup Semi Final

THE Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and the Irish American Partnership continue to build on their long-standing relationship, providing $128,000 in scholarships focussed on the importance of careers in education over the next four years to ...

MARY Immaculate College (MIC) yesterday announced the five recipients of its annual Elite Sports Scholarship Scheme in recognition of their outstanding sporting achievements. Among those first recipients was Laois footballer Katie Donoghue.

“IT has been a long time coming, but I’m glad to be back there now and keep it going hopefully.