Leitrim opened their account when Tom Prior fired over a 32nd-minute point, but Laois hit back with two Barry points, one from a placed ball, and one from James Kelly.

The Saffrons' eye for goal shone through with four first-half majors to leave them pretty much out of sight by the half-way point as although Leitrim enjoyed a decent start as they led 0-3 to 0-2 ...