Cork GAA is pleased to announce that two ticket packages will be available for the opening rounds of the County Senior, Premier Intermediate and Intermediate Hurling and Football Championships. The move follows a review of ticket pricing by a sub-committee of the County Board Executive and it is envisaged that further packages will be rolled out when the county championships resume in August.

Just weeks after this newspaper revealed Limerick’s unexpected support for the reintroduction of a seeded draw in the Munster Senior Football Championship, the county’s Football Board have done a U-turn.

There is growing speculation that Jimmy Barry-Murphy will take on the Cork manager's job, following the confirmation of Denis Walsh's departure.

The stand-off between the Cork senior hurling and football teams and the Cork County Board has caused the hurlers' opening game of 2008 to be re-fixed from this Sunday to next Thursday.

TWO THIRDS of the clubs in Kerry are in favour of the GAA's Central Council being given the right to decide whether to allow rugby or soccer to be played in Croke Park.