A Ladies Gaelic Football Association Special Congress has voted through the package of 12 playing rule enhancements trialled during the 2026 Lidl National League season and Higher Education Colleges competitions.
Kobe McDonald struck for 2-3 as Mayo defeated Galway by 3-16 to 1-12 in Castlebar on Wednesday evening to advance to the Connacht U20 football championship final.
Roscommon will play Mayo in the semi-finals of the Connacht senior football championship in two weeks' time after dealing New York a comprehensive 5-22 to 1-10 defeat at Gaelic Park.
Donegal avenged last month's Division 3 league final loss to Wicklow by handing the Garden men an 11-point defeat in the opening round of the Christy Ring Cup this afternoon.
Armagh secured an immediate return to Division 2 of the Centra National Camogie League and cemented their status as favourites for the All-Ireland Junior Championship into the bargain with a straightforward 1-14 to 1-08 victory over Roscommon in the Division 3A final at Abbotstown on Saturday afternoon.
Mayo chalked up their second win in the Connacht U20 football championship by seeing off Roscommon on a 2-16 to 1-15 scoreline in Castlebar on Thursday.
Galway picked up their second win of this year's Connacht U20 football championship campaign by handing Leitrim a 2-11 to 0-11 defeat in Carrick-on-Shannon on Wednesday evening.
Donegal and Kerry will meet in next Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 1 final at Croke Park (4pm) following this afternoon's seventh round results.
Below are all of today's final round Allianz Hurling League fixtures as well as the scheduled games in the Munster U20 football championship and the Leinster minor hurling championship...
Round Six of the national football league concluded with nine matches across four divisions as well as the HL Division 1A meeting of Waterford and Tipperary.
Waterford will contest their first ever Centra National Camogie League Division 1A final on Sunday, April 12 after Beth Carton's two goals, one from a penalty, helped them edge past Kilkenny in a tense local derby at Azzurri Walsh Park today.
Waterford are out in front by themselves after winning in Antrim but just one result separates the other five in what is turning out to be an incredibly tight Division 1A race in the Centra National Camogie League, with no winless teams after three rounds of games in the top tier.