Player power. As frowned upon phrases in Gaelic games go, it’s right up there. The alliteration only goes to underline its perceived foulness.

A tip of the hat to the Galway management committee. Nobody, dare it be said not even some of their own, thought it would last this long. That they would succeed in bringing the players to the negotiating table as often as they have this month is a remarkable achievement. Their will to have it out, it seems, is stronger than the 2015 panel to have Anthony Cunningham ousted.

Almost as coveted as a Celtic Cross, here are Michael Moynihan’s 2013 championship awards

Conor Mortimer has been approached about becoming a member of Ireland’s Olympic handball European Championships team.

PERHAPS it was inevitable. When Limerick GAA chiefs looked around for a hurling manager to succeed Justin McCarthy, there was one candidate who’d achieved considerable success after similar acrimony.

THE GAA is determined to clamp down on breaches of rule regarding the use of facilities by other sporting bodies, in a clear response to the controversy sparked by the use of Nemo Rangers’ indoor training centre by the Irish rugby squad earlier in the year.

All-Ireland SHC Quarter-Final

KEYBOARD warriors and computer hurlers everywhere were clearly delighted by the Cork hurlers’ defeat by Galway on Saturday night.

YESTERDAY’s alcohol ban in central Bari, only lifted after last night’s match in the San Nicola Stadium, was about as futile and comical an exercise as one high-profile but uncapped League of Ireland player’s announcement of his retirement from international football a couple of seasons ago.

CLOYNE GAA club has refuted media reports suggesting the club is split as a result of the ongoing impasse in Cork hurling. The club executive issued a statement yesterday evening which also stressed that the motion it put before the Cork county board was not intended to be critical of the board or its executive.

HE walked away at the top. Now Donal O’Grady talks to Michael Moynihan about the Cork forwards, the Kilkenny backs, and why the grass in housing estates tells you everything you need to know about modern hurling.

GAA officials have played down the Cork hurlers’ withdrawal from the All-Star trip to Singapore, saying withdrawals have always been a feature of the scheme.

A NEW production company is set to release classic GAA games on DVD for the Christmas market.

THE row between the Gaelic Players’ Association (GPA) and the GAA over players’ image rights has deepened.