2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship B final was won by Offaly who defeated Waterford by 12 points in the final. The B teams were divided into two groups. Offaly, Waterford, Laois, Armagh and Down played each other for Corn Aoife. Offaly, winners of Group 1, met Waterford, the top team in Group 2, in the final of the All-Ireland Minor B championship. Offaly led by 2–4 to 1–5 at half time and went on to win by 2–9 to 1–2. Westmeath, Roscommon, Meath, Carlow, Kildare and Wicklow dropped down to a new under-18 C grade. These counties participated in a one-day blitz that was won
County Offaly 2011 general election Offaly was part of the Laois–Offaly constituency which elected 5 TDs to the Dáil. Between 1921 and 2011 this consisted of the full territory of both counties. For the 2011 general election some electoral divisions in South Offaly where part of Tipperary North. The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 established a new constituency called Offaly for the 2016 general election. The constituency incorporates all of Offaly from the existing Laois–Offaly constituency, and twenty four electoral divisions from Tipperary North. This constituency elects 3 TDs to the Dáil. There are five main news outlets for the county