Dublin chairman Andy Kettle believes Galway wish to enter their minor and U21s hurlers into the Leinster championships because they regard it as the easier province.

The Munster SFC seeding row took another dramatic twist last night as Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford threatened to pull out of the 2015 competition.

Leinster GAA’s top official has hit out at individual counties for their lack of innovation regarding new infrastructure projects.

GAA director of games administration and player welfare Feargal McGill says any proposal to restructure the All-Ireland senior football championship must first consider the impact on the entire association.

KENNY EGAN kept his Olympic dream alive with an emphatic victory over fellow Dubliner Michael Frayne (St. Mary’s) in the Elite Boxing Championship quarter-finals at the National Stadium on Saturday night.

ATHY were nowhere near their best but they still had too much firepower for an Edenderry team that showed plenty of grit but not enough attacking intent.

GAA chiefs have welcomed a motion from the Portarlington club regarding the ban on collective training for inter-county panels being confined to the month of November, with Director-General Páraic Duffy admitting that the current system is not working due to the amount of counties breaching the rules.

A LEADING GAA official has dismissed calls for a return to an autumn start for the National Leagues claiming such a move would cause costs to spiral for county boards and lead to a congestion of club fixtures.

A CALL was made for the GAA leadership at last night’s meeting of Cork County Board for a review of All-Ireland Championship ticket prices in the light of the recession and the growing numbers of people losing their jobs.

MARTIN O’NEILL fears fatigue may catch up with his Aston Villa squad this season — and believes a mini-winter break would be a helpful innovation for the Barclays Premier League.

SCRAP the minor and Under-21 championships - that’s the considered view of new Mayo manager Mickey Moran, who believes that the abandonment of these competitions would help to prolong the inter-county careers of a lot of players.

Diarmuid O’Flynn speaks to Clare boss Anthony Daly ahead of tomorrow’s NHL clash with Cork in Ennis.