The All-Ireland final requiring a replay has meant the entire Kerry senior football championship will be squeezed into a seven-week period, but county board chairman Tim Murphy is confident they will have a representative in time for the Munster club semi-final on November 17.

Despite Declan Bonner’s ratification as Donegal manager for 2020, his head coach Stephen Rochford is believed to be a live candidate to replace Kevin Walsh as Galway senior football manager.

Walsh described the role as "an honour and a privilege":

There is no saving to be made by county boards from one of their flagship teams exiting the All-Ireland championship as early as mid-June, Galway treasurer Mike Burke has claimed.

The management committee of the Galway County Board has been criticised for failing to complete an internal finance review midway through 2017 amid ongoing rancour over the finances of the GAA in the county.

The 2017 Galway U21 hurling final takes place on Saturday, as poor fixture-planning and a condensed calendar has resulted in the competition running 12 months behind schedule.

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After a decade of suffering, Galway football supporters are beginning to believe again.

An internal audit is under way into the accounts of the Galway County Board after concerns were raised at a recent meeting.

An internal audit is under way into the accounts of the Galway County Board after concerns were raised at a recent meeting.

The tragic passing of Tony Keady last week, and the outpouring of sympathy it provoked, illustrated yet again the ties that bind the GAA fold.

Galway GAA chief executive John Hynes has expressed “grave concern” for the future of Galway hurling unless the county’s minor and U21 teams are properly catered for.

Galway GAA secretary John Hynes believes it would be “criminal” for all televised inter-county games to be made available free to air.

The absence of a single gambling-preventative rule in the GAA’s Official Guide is totally unacceptable, according to Galway County Board chairman Noel Treacy.

Chairman Noel Treacy said that Galway hurlers did not raise any discontent until two of them came forward after the players’ representatives had earlier delivered a positive report on the year.

Former Galway manager John McIntyre yesterday revealed captain David Collins, vice-captain Andy Smith and 2014 captain Joe Canning and David Burke as the four players who informed Anthony Cunningham that the squad did not want him to continue as manager.

Galway County Board officials are hoping the possibility of alterations to Anthony Cunningham’s backroom team will appease the players and persuade them to get behind the manager.

A Kilkenny victory on Sunday will be remembered as Brian Cody’s finest success yet, according to former defender Eddie O’Connor.

The chairman of the national referees development body insists the policing of verbal intimidation is not being ignored by match officials.

This day last week, former Galway defender Greg Kennedy took to Facebook to unload his thoughts about the state of hurling in the county.

The Leinster Council will vote next month on whether to allow Galway’s minor and U21 hurling teams into the province following Wednesday night’s presentation from leading Tribe officials seeking full integration.

Anthony Cunningham is set to become Galway’s longest serving manager since Cyril Farrell guided them to All-Ireland glory in the 1980s after being handed a three-year extension to his term in charge.

Galway GAA confirmed this morning that Alan Mulholland will not continue as the county’s football manager for another season.

Galway ladies football secretary Mary Hernon believes the LGFA will be swallowed up if a one-family GAA association is realised.

TAOISEACH Éamon de Valera told a dinner of the Past Pupils Union of his old school, Blackrock College, at Shannon in Apr 1957: “I have not been at a rugby match since 1913 because I do not want it being raised as a political matter and having rows kicked up about it.”

A former government minister, who is now heading up the GAA in Galway, has appealed to players to stop using social media such as Twitter or Facebook.

The GAA is being asked to provide funds to international clubs planning on visiting Ireland for The Gathering.

Loughrea full-forward Johnny Maher has been suspended for eight weeks arising out of incidents in the concluding stages of the Galway SHC final against St Thomas.

It’s the taboo word within the club game.

The Galway County Board are under pressure to react to the unruly scenes which marred yesterday’s Galway Senior Hurling Championship final.

Galway goalkeeper James Skehill revealed yesterday he missed out on six weeks’ pay as a result of the shoulder injuries which ruined his ambitions in the All-Ireland hurlingfinal replay.

Galway GAA officials have been told to get their house in order after it emerged the county’s debt had soared to more than €5 million.

GALWAY’S hopes of Croke Park taking ownership of more than 100 acres of land that had been bought for an €8m training centre, which has now been abandoned, look set to be dashed.

ALL-IRELAND club hurling champions Clarinbridge’s qualification for next Sunday’s Galway SHC semi-final against Craughwell has prevented their senior stars from embarking on a trip of a lifetime to Australia this weekend.

John McIntyre has decided to call time on his tenure as Galway senior hurling manager, in advance of next month's Galway Hurling Board meeting.

Tomás Ó Flatharta says that it was 'with extreme reluctance' that he accepted the decision of the Galway GAA clubs to end his term as the county's senior football manager.

Tomás Ó Flatharta's reign as manager of the Galway senior footballers is over, after club delegates voted for a change of management.

THE Galway senior football championship has been thrown into disarray as a new appeal is to be heard into the eligibility of a player.

A ROW has broken out in Galway football after a Connemara club was thrown out of the county SFC.

MAYO football’s future will be decided in the boardroom after the county board decided to force their own strategic plan through.

THE GAA’s headquarters in Galway, Pearse Stadium, will not be available to Connacht to play Heineken Cup matches in the autumn should Eric Elwood’s side finally make it into Europe’s premier competition.