Kildare remain on course for an immediate return to Division 2 after recording a fourth consecutive Allianz Football League win by seeing off Laois in Newbridge this evening.
Next year's All-Ireland senior football championship is set to have a new format that will see a qualifier series replacing the group phase which is currently in place.
A change to the format of the All-Ireland senior football championship is one of the 40 items on the agenda at GAA Congress in Donegal this coming weekend.
Kildare crushed Leitrim with a 1-27 to 0-7 win in Ballinamore this afternoon for their third straight victory in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.
Laois lifted themselves from the bottom of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1B table with a 4-18 to 1-19 win against Westmeath in Mullingar this afternoon.
Laois took the chance to make up ground on the pace-setters in Division 3 of the Lidl National League on Sunday when they defeated Carlow by 3-18 to 4-6.
Offaly chalked up their second win in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League this afternoon by seeing off Antrim on a comprehensive 2-26 to 0-17 scoreline in Tullamore.
Laois got up and running in their Allianz Football League Division 3 campaign this afternoon by demolishing Leitrim on a 3-20 to 0-6 scoreline in Ballinamore.
Their preparations for the game might have been disrupted by the recent heavy weather conditions, but Andrea Moran is nevertheless excited by the prospect of Laois kick-starting their Lidl National Football League Division Three campaign next weekend.