Offaly 1-10 Louth 1-6: Offaly booked their place in the last four of the O'Byrne Cup with a four-point victory over Louth in Dundalk yesterday.

Despite getting off to a good start, with Darren Clarke netting a goal after six minutes, the home side went in at half-time five points in arrears.

They did manage to get that deficit down to two while playing with a strong breeze in the second half but Offaly sealed the win with a John Reynolds goal scored with a minute of normal time remaining.

Scorers: OFFALY: J Reynolds (1-3), C Quinn (0-3, two frees), B Mooney (0-2), N Coughlan (0-1), R Connor (0-1). LOUTH: D Clarke (1-2), J O'Brien (0-1), C Grimes (0-1, free), M Brennan (0-1), N Shevlin (0-1).