John Maughan is expected to step down as Offaly football manager after his fourth season in charge ended in a heavy Tailteann Cup semi-final loss to Westmeath.
An impressive first-half performance saw Westmeath progress to the first-ever Tailteann Cup final, as they beat neighbours Offaly with considerable ease at Croke Park this afternoon, 3-22 to 2-16.
Offaly advanced to a first All-Ireland minor hurling championship final in 33 years by defeating Clare on a 2-16 to 0-18 score-line at Semple Stadium last night.
Offaly manager John Maughan has been dealt a huge blow with the news that defender Niall Darby's season is over after suffering a cruciate ligament injury.
Offaly suffered their third defeat in this year's Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship when they were edged out by Limerick in their Group 1 tie at Cappamore last Saturday.
Tyrone will clash with last year's beaten TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship finalists Wexford in the pick of the quarter-finals this time around.
Limerick kept their hopes of making the knockout stages of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship alive with a strong finish to prevail 0-11 to 0-9 over Offaly in their Group 1 tie at Cappamore GAA.
There's a feast of live GAA action this weekend; eight teams vying for four All-Ireland SFC quarter-final spots and there's All-Ireland SHC preliminaries taking place in Belfast and Tralee.
Donegal are set for a rematch with Kieran McGeeney's Armagh side following this morning's draw for the second round of the All-Ireland senior football championship qualifiers.
Our Under 10 girls played their latest Go Games of the Summer on Tuesday evening when they travelled to Rahan where they played games against Shamrocks and Tullamore.
Offaly put themselves into Monday morning's draw for the Tailteann Cup semi-finals by cruising past New York with a 3-17 to 0-11 win in Tullamore this afternoon.
A much-improved Offaly gave Galway a run for their money in their Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Group 2 second round clash at St Brendan's Park, Birr last Saturday.