All League and Championship matches in Derry have been called off this weekend as a mark of respect following the death of referee Martin Mulholland.

JUST for the record, the last train out of Dublin’s Heuston Station to Cork tonight is at nine o’clock.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy yesterday paid tribute to Frank Murphy’s contribution to the GAA and added that it would continue for some time yet despite his planned retirement.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's foundation has donated another $100,000 (€78,000) to a kids' charity.

The Kildare County Board has formally requested a deferral of Sunday's All-Ireland football quarter-final against Cork.

THE GAC of the Cork County Board has acceded to a request from the senior football selectors to postpone a number of championship games involving county players.

A thrilling Meath v Dubs ‘derby’ before a sell-out attendance in Croke Park really ignited the Bank of Ireland football championship and Graham Geraghty was in the thick of it – in more ways than one.

THE GAA leadership is satisfied that the new disciplinary structures and procedures in force from the beginning of the year will reduce the number of cases being brought to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).

Paraic Duffy has officially started his new job as the GAA's Player Welfare officer.

Tyrone man Paddy Crozier has held onto his position as manager of the Derry senior footballers, it has been confirmed.

Monaghan man Paraic Duffy has been announced as the GAA's Player Welfare Manager.

CORK GAA officials are seeking thea re-arrangement of their teams’ schedules in the All-Ireland SFC and SHC championship in Croke Park.

CO-OPERATION and communication. That’s the consensus view among a number of county board chairmen who were canvassed for their views on the club/county divide highlighted over the past week in Laois.

NEW GAA president, Nickey Brennan has pledged to “make his feelings known” to rugby authorities over the weekend fixture clash when he meets IRFU chiefs for the first time.

KERRY coach Jack O’Connor and his fellow selectors have given a vote of confidence to the team which defeated Laois in the semi-final for Sunday’s Allianz Division One NFL final against Galway in Limerick (5.30pm).

IDEALLY, Nickey Brennan would like to have formally assumed the role of GAA president in his native Kilkenny this weekend.

THE Heineken Cup rugby semi-final in Lansdowne Road is casting a long shadow over GAA activity on Sunday, with 14 teams scheduled to be in action at four venues.

KILKENNY are annoyed with the Games Administration Committee’s decision to fix their NHL semi-final against Tipperary for Thurles on Sunday afternoon.

This year's Allianz National Football League finals will not be staged at Croke Park, the GAA's Games Adiministration Committee has confirmed.

THE GAA is to launch a comprehensive, accurate and user-friendly disciplinary system which president Sean Kelly believes will stand the test of time.

IT’S the long road to Wexford Park again for the Cork hurlers this Sunday after last week’s postponement, but Cork selector Ger Cunningham is philosophical about the trip.

WATERFORD GAA officials have slammed the decision of the Games Administration Committee to postpone Sunday’s Division 1B NHL game against Offaly to April 9.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly last night rejected criticism from Ladies football chief Helen O’Rourke on the timing of this year’s International Rules series.

DONEGAL GAA chiefs last night expressed annoyance with the Games Administration Committee and claimed they were vilified by last week’s fixture row with Longford.

ULSTER GAA secretary Danny Murphy has warned the decision to open up Croke Park for rugby and soccer threatens to divide the Association in the province.

It’s been confirmed that the GAA won’t be staging any National Hurling League games under lights this year.

WESTMEATH County Board secretary Paddy Collins has taken former Dublin minor and AFL star Jim Stynes to task for ‘trivialising’ the violence in the second test in Melbourne in the International Rules Series.

THE GAA runs the risk of stagnating if it fails to modernise its structures.

THE GAA are unhappy with criticism from the Camogie Association over the ‘clash’ between their senior and junior finals in Croke Park on Sunday and the Galway-Kilkenny All-Ireland U21 hurling final in Limerick.

THE Camogie Association is unhappy that their All-Ireland finals in Croke Park on Sunday will clash with the U21 hurling decider in the Gaelic Grounds between Kilkenny and Galway.

The Dublin v Tyrone Ladies Football quarter-final is to act as a curtain raiser next Saturday to the men's All-Ireland quarter-final replay between the same counties at Croke Park.

ALL four quarter-finals of the Cork County SHC go ahead this weekend despite attempts by Erin’s Own and Blackrock to have their respective games against Newtownshandrum and St Finbarr’s postponed.

Cork manager Billy Morgan has expressed his satisfaction with the Games Administration Committee's decision to stage the Rebels' All-Ireland SFC semi-final with Kerry at Croke Park.

Tony Leen

The GAA's Games Administration Committee has confirmed tonight that the All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Cork and Kerry will take place at Croke Park on August 28.