Meath through to Leinster final

Meath are through to the Leinster football final.

They beat Kildare by 2-16 to 17 points in the first of this afternoon’s Leinster football semi finals at Croke Park.

Goals from Andrew Tormey and Dalton McDonagh gave Meath a 2-13 to 7 points lead early in the second half.

Kildare fought back in the second half, to close the gap to four points late on.

But Meath held on to reach their third consecutive Leinster final.