There is raking yourself over the coals and then there is what Aidan Walsh did to himself after last year’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final, writes By John Fogarty

At last Tuesday’s Hurling 2020 report launch, committee member Frank Lohan was asked if the double yellow card proposal was effectively saying hurling was twice as clean as Gaelic football.

Kilkenny legend Eddie Keher and referees chief Pat McEnaney have taken issue with the Hurling 2020 committee’s proposal to make a second yellow card an automatic substitution offence — but for different reasons.

It’s three years this month since GAA director general Páraic Duffy released his discussion paper on the association’s amateur status and payments to team managers, writes John Fogarty.

Former Galway hurling chairman Joe Byrne insists he had a good working relationship with county chairman Noel Treacy despite their public falling out at annual hurling convention earlier this month.

GAA players are professional in everything but name and professional everywhere but pocket, suggests John Fogarty.

Three full months remain of Liam O’Neill’s GAA presidency.

We’re not going to try and sell you Saturday’s International Rules game, writes John Fogarty.

During the summer, a highly-regarded team official from a Munster county approached this column with a query.

Paul Earley expects the Australians to try and make next month’s test in Perth an intimidating one for his players after Ireland’s last two series successes by considerable margins.