Today in Croke Park, Central Council will be presented with proposals from a sub-committee charged with devising a plan to introduce a calendar GAA season from 2016, writes John Fogarty.

Pat McEnaney says he feels let down by Cork secretary Frank Murphy’s criticism of inter-county football referees.

Between them, tomorrow’s semi-finalists Dublin and Cork have picked up just three black cards in 14 games. Mayo and Derry’s total is just the same and Jim Gavin believes the new rule is having its desired effect.

Tyrone’s young guns face the first major test of their careers this weekend, according to attacker Mark Donnelly.

Cork chairman Bob Ryan admits he doesn’t know if the county will tie up a new sponsor before the start of next month’s National Leagues.

THE Kilkenny management do not expect Henry Shefflin and John Tennyson to fully recover from their respective cruciate knee injuries and be back in the black and amber jersey until the All-Ireland championship.

AFTER the disappointing outcome of a certain World Cup qualifier between Ireland and France earlier this year, the suggestion that the referee “should have gone to Specsavers” became a common complaint.

The Irish Daily Mail and TG4 will sponsor the 2010 International Rules Series and the Ireland panel respectively, it was announced today.

BRYAN SHEEHAN, the favourite to captain All-Ireland champions Kerry next season, admits a return to the Kingdom’s starting 15 is his ‘number one priority’ for next season.

The GAA's experimental playing rules are set to be scrapped at the end of the National Leagues after they failed to get the required two-thirds majority at GAA Congress this morning in Cork.

The Executive of the Cork GAA County Board will meet tomorrow to decide if they will appeal the decision taken by the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) on Tuesday, to award the points to Cork's opponents for the failure of the Rebel footballers and hurlers to line out in the opening two rounds of the National Leagues.

The C.C.C.C. of the GAA have decided that Cork should forfeit the Allianz National League points to the opponents that they failed to meet in the first two rounds of the Leagues.

Offaly's motion for a 10-team Division One in next season's National Hurling League has been defeated today at a meeting of the GAA's Central Council.

Toyota has agreed a broadcast sponsorship deal with RTÉ for its coverage of the hurling and football semi-finals and finals on the Sunday Game live.

THE AIB All-Ireland club finals should be moved from their St Patrick’s Day date to a slot earlier in the year, according to GAA Head of Games Pat Daly.

Fifty years after winning his first All-Ireland football medal, Kerry selector, and font of wisdom, Johnny Culloty, is preparing for another visit to Croke Park — reflecting on changes in the game he loves. Colm O’Connor meets him.

MICK O’DWYER is adamant the introduction of the clean pick-up — as used in the ladies and International Rules games — can speed up Gaelic football considerably and reduce the potential for refereeing error.