Organisation: Central Competitions Control Committee

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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St Brendan’s hope sense will prevail and schools final is played

St Brendan’s College, Killarney are hopeful “common sense will prevail” and the GAA will row back on its decision to abandon this year’s All-Ireland post-primary competitions.

For the second time in a week, GPA chief executive Paul Flynn wrote to members: “A return to inter-county training prior to September 14 once a player’s club championship involvement comes to an end, remains on our agenda.”

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GPA not giving up on amending training ban

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Six-week prep for Kerry ahead of knockout Cork clash

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Kerry set for winner-takes-all trip to face Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

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Revised provincial hurling championship draws to take place tomorrow

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Kilkenny and Wexford to get Leinster semi byes

John Fogarty: As Croke Park plans, the county boards laugh

Well, nobody could say the GAA haven’t treaded softly. Too softly at times. The insistence on players and management filling out a questionnaire each time they entered their club’s grounds would have been bureaucratic hell.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

GPA claim GAA scheduled later All-Ireland championships to ensure larger crowds

The GPA have sought a minimum of four weeks between the completion of the club championship and the first inter-county game.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2020

Michael Duignan calls on county managers to put club players first

County boards have been given two extra weeks to stage their championships but many are awaiting the confirmation of the inter-county season before finalising structures and schedules.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2020

Minors felt they missed out on chance to wear Kerry jersey - James Costello

The St Patrick’s, Blennerville man reported that the possibility of missing out on what might be their only opportunity to don the green and gold was upsetting for some of them before it was confirmed the Munster MFC will go ahead later this year.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

How counties will shape their GAA championships for Covid-19 era

Cork is hoping to retain their new group stages in both codes.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

Provincial competitions hold a strong place in GAA, insists Kieran Leddy

Munster GAA chief executive Kieran Leddy has maintained the provincial championships retain “a very strong place” in the GAA.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

John Fogarty: Will county managers be willing to sit and wait until September 14?

No small amount of work was put into the GAA’s return to safe play roadmap. It’s estimated that its Covid-19 advisory group analysed between 40 to 50 protocols from other sports before devising their own.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Liam Cahill: County managers will breach GAA's return-to-training date

Waterford senior hurling manager Liam Cahill says anyone who expects county managers to adhere to the September 14 training restart is naive.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

John Horan: Delayed season won’t go past February

GAA president John Horan has said the 2020 inter-county championships could be completed next year but won’t go beyond February.

Sat, 06 Jun, 2020

GAA training to resume this month with clubs set for action in July

The stipulation comes as details of the Association’s plans to restart Gaelic football and hurling were released to their management committee and Central Council.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

County Boards consider pay for view for club games

The GAA are preparing counties on how to monetise their club championships via live streaming should matches have to be played behind closed doors or in front of severely restricted crowds.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

Straight knockout championship planned for autumn

Clare senior football manager Colm Collins criticised the call to keep pitches closed for almost another 11 weeks.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Congress decision gives GAA flexibility to react to Covid-19

The GAA will be quicker to react to the latest social distancing restrictions as a result of yesterday’s Special Congress decision to hand over temporary powers to their management committee.

Fri, 17 Apr, 2020

John Fogarty: GAA not turning its back on closed doors Championship

Almost 15 years to the day it chose to open up Croke Park, the GAA will take another landmark decision this Friday prompted by the worldwide pandemic.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Clause means no refunds likely for GAA season ticket holders

GAA season ticket holders are not expected to receive refunds if the coronavirus pandemic forces the abandonment of the Allianz Leagues and/or Championship.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Tentative plans for post-crisis GAA fixtures

October or November All-Ireland finals with severely-reduced capacities are being strongly considered by the GAA as they attempt to map out the fixtures calendar.

Wed, 08 Apr, 2020

John Fogarty: When there is difficulty, there is opportunity

Money, or the lack thereof, is a problem that is going to exercise plenty of minds in the GAA for some time to come but there are some positives to be gleaned from the current lay-off, writes John Fogarty.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

League or championship, not both, O’Keeffe warns

The National League or the Championship — that is the choice facing the GAA, according to former fixtures chief Tony O’Keeffe.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

Weather forces rethink on Hurling League format

The GAA are set to review the schedule if not the structure of the Allianz Hurling League after they were impacted by the weather for a third consecutive season.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

GAA preparing for Government recommendations to combat spread of coronavirus

The GAA are prepared to do whatever is recommended by the Government to help combat the spread of coronavirus.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Cody blasts ‘hilarious’ rule changes, Horgan conquers ‘hurricane’: The weekend’s GAA talking points

Our writers chat through the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

Sun, 16 Feb, 2020

Storm Ciara causes fixtures pile-up

GAA chiefs face a fixtures’ backlog after Storm Ciara forced the postponement of a number of games in the Allianz Football League.

Sun, 09 Feb, 2020

John Fogarty: Calendar-year season may be step too far for counties

It came as a great relief to us that the sky didn’t fall in on Sunday. If anything, the majesty of the troposphere over Croke Park that evening seemed to signal approval of the move of the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship finals from March 17 to January.

Tue, 21 Jan, 2020

McKaigue fears players being ignored by GAA top brass

Slaughtneil and Derry’s Chrissy McKaigue sense the players’ voices are being ignored by the GAA in terms of the fixtures schedule, competition structures, and playing rules.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2019

Nemo set for Corofin clash in Ennis as club semi-final dates and venues announced

Nemo Rangers' All-Ireland senior club football semi-final against three-in-a-row seeking Corofin has been fixed for Ennis' Cusack Park on Saturday, January 4.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2019

National task force fixtures proposals on hold

The GAA’s national fixtures task force will meet again on Wednesday before their report is launched early next month.

Mon, 25 Nov, 2019

National task force fixtures proposals on hold

The GAA’s national fixtures task force will meet again on Wednesday before their report is launched early next month.

Sun, 24 Nov, 2019

Blow for Clare as Gary Brennan opts out for 2020

The Clare senior footballers will be without their two All-Star nominees next season as captain Gary Brennan has joined Jamie Malone in opting out of the squad.

Thu, 14 Nov, 2019

It’s important to read the small print of Tier 2

At this stage, it’s well known that the GAA are intent on changing the scheduling of the Super 8 in 2020.

Tue, 22 Oct, 2019

Timing is everything if sin bin is to be a success, insists Earley

Introduce the clock/hooter system or today’s sin bin proposal risks being a disaster, warns former Football Review Committee (FRC) member Paul Earley.

Sat, 19 Oct, 2019

GAA set to cage ‘maor foirne’?

The GAA are strongly considering the decommissioning of the ‘maor foirne’ role in Gaelic football and hurling.

Thu, 17 Oct, 2019

Braving the storm: How sport deals with extreme weather

World Rugby chiefs have been slammed for failing to reschedule matches impacted this weekend by Typhoon Hagibis. Could they learn lessons from other organisations in dealing with such worst-case scenarios?

Fri, 11 Oct, 2019

Tipperary against proposed second-tier championship

Tipperary chairman John Devane has confirmed the county will be voting against the proposed second-tier championship structure at Special Congress on Saturday week.

Tue, 08 Oct, 2019

Kingdom machine gets into gear to contest O’Brien ban

Kerry were last night still awaiting official confirmation of Stephen O’Brien’s one-match ban — but are already putting plans in place to

Tue, 13 Aug, 2019

Kerry confident O’Brien will be cleared for final

Kerry are confident Stephen O’Brien will be cleared to play in the All-Ireland final against Dublin on September 1.

Mon, 12 Aug, 2019

GAA chiefs open to more tech assistance for referees

The GAA’s newly-appointed national match officials manager is open to the idea of more technology being used to assist referees, but has questioned just how far it can go.

Tue, 30 Jul, 2019

Connacht rivals ready to rock at Gaelic Grounds

Capacity concerns and Galway and Mayo’s refusal to toss a coin for home advantage meant their All-Ireland SFC Round 4 game was fixed for the LIT Gaelic Grounds this Saturday evening (7pm).

Tue, 02 Jul, 2019

Darren Hughes's eight-week ban over incident as maor uisce upheld

The Scotstown man was a team official on the day.

Thu, 20 Jun, 2019

Cork v Kerry: Staging posts in the death of a rivalry

Five years ago, it wasn’t indifference that stopped Kerry supporters from travelling to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it was dread.

Thu, 20 Jun, 2019

Lyons should have allowed another minute

Summer certainly hasn’t started temperature-wise but from a refereeing perspective it did yesterday. The games in Cavan and Kilkenny swung the Championship into life.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2019

Refs still getting their heads around the high tackle

Head high tackles are what the GAA have been keen to crack down on this summer but the application of the rule regarding them over the weekend left a lot to be desired.

Mon, 03 Jun, 2019

McGeeney may face sanction over McKernan incident

Declan Bogue Armagh may have made their first Ulster semi-final since 2014, but they could be

Tue, 21 May, 2019

Kennedy faces ban, but Mullen plays down ‘interception’

Rising Kilkenny star Adrian Mullen has admitted he wrote off the Greg Kennedy interception debacle last weekend as a ‘bizarre’ incident that occurred ‘in the heat of battle’.

Thu, 16 May, 2019

Dublin selector Kennedy faces four-week ban

Dublin selector Greg Kennedy has been slapped with a proposed four-week suspension for the incident during Saturday’s Leinster SHC clash which saw him intercept a quickly taken Kilkenny free by catching the sliotar.

Wed, 15 May, 2019