Limerick moved off the foot of Division Three with a double-scores victory over neighbours Clare at Newcastlewest this evening, 2-10 to 1-5.

Elsewhere, Sligo are still not safe (on a convoluted table where four teams now have four points each with one round of games left to play) after suffering a narrow 0-15 to 0-13 defeat to Tipperary at Thurles.

In today's early throw-in, Fermanagh beat Wexford by 1-12 to 0-7 to secure promotion.

Limerick - B Scanlon; S Cahill, J McCarthy, R Browne (0-1); I Corbett, P Browne, P Ranahan; T Lee, G Hegarty; J Riordan, D Treacy (0-1), C Fahy; P Nash (1-1), S Buckley (1-2, 0-2f), K Moore (0-1f). Subs: I Ryan (0-1f) for K Moore, C Sheehan (0-1) for J Riordan, D Neville (0-2) for I Corbett, J Lee for C Fahy, M Lyons for I Ryan.

Clare - J Hayes; D Ryan (0-1), K Hartnett, M McHugh; S Hickey, G Kelly, J Malone; G Brennan (0-3, 1f), C O'Connor (0-1); S Collins, P Collins, S McGrath; M O'Leary, S Brennan, P Burke (1-0pen). Subs: K Sexton for M O'Leary, S Haugh for S Collins, D Nagle for S McGrath.

Referee - S Joy.

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Tipperary - E Comerford; A Campbell, P Codd, R Kiely (0-1); S Kennedy, P Acheson, C O'Riordan (0-1); G Hannigan, S O'Brien; L Casey, P Austin (0-3), I Fahey (0-1); J Lonergan (0-2), C Sweeney (0-5, 4f), G Mulhair. Subs: B Mulvihill (0-1) for L Casey, D Dwyer for C O'Riordan, B Grogan (0-1) for J Lonergan, A Morrissey for A Campbell, S Flynn for I Fahey, D Lynch for G Mulhair.

Sligo - A Devaney (0-1f); D Maye, K McDonnell, R Donovan; K Cawley, E Flanagan, B Egan; C Breheny, N Murphy (0-1); N Ewing, M Breheny (0-7, 2f), C Kearns; D Kelly (0-2), P Hughes, A Marren (0-1). Subs: S Coen for N Ewing (BC), K Sweeney for A Marren (BC), S Gilmartin (0-1) for C Breheny, J Martyn for C Kearns, P Clarke for K Sweeney.

Referee - J Hickey.

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