Dublin crush Laois in futile Leinster quarter-final

Dublin are up and running in the Leinster championship following a comprehensive victory over Laois this afternoon.

In front of a huge crowd, Dessie Farrell's men were 23 points up at half and although Laois made a better fist of things in the second half, they still lost by 27 in the end.

It is a result that ends Laois's interest in the Leinster championship and they now head for the Tailteann Cup in May.Dublin will continue on their quest for 13 Leinster titles in a row when they face Kildare in the semi final.

Laois actually opened the scoring via Paul Kingston but Dublin soon got on top.

Con O'Callaghan and Paul Mannion put them ahead and Dublin had two goals scored by the eighth minute.

The first came when Sean O'Flynn misplaced a sideline pass and Dublin countered with Con O'Callaghan scoring.

The second arrived when Ross McGarry showed Kieran Lillis a clean pair of heels and then landed a ball into Colm Basquel who swiveled and found the corner.

Dublin added points via Brian Fenton and Mannion before they almost had another goal when Jack McCaffrey went racing through on goal and forced Scott Osborne into a fine save.Laois were creaking with three points in a row from Kingston, Mark Barry and Mark Timmons - the later in the 16th minute would be Laois's final score of the half.

Dublin continued to score as a brace from Con O'Callaghan and one from Colm Basquel left it 2-07 to 0-04 at the midpoint of the half.Further points followed and then Laois conceded a third goal with 25 minutes on the clock.

Padraig Kirwan attempted a crossfield ball from a free in midfield and Colm Basquel cut it out before releasing Lee Gannon to score.

Sean Bugler and Ross McGarry joined the scoring charts before half time as Ciaran Kilkenny