TELEVISION match officials (TMOs) could be in use in championship hurling and football games next summer if a proposal from a club in Leitrim is successful.

IN his time as GAA president from 1997 to 2000 Joe McDonagh was responsible for the introduction of several major changes.

CENTRAL COUNCIL are today expected to retain the facility of replays in provincial championship games from next year.

ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM will tonight be named the new Galway senior hurling manager.

FORMER Tipperary coach Eamon O’Shea will not be part of any new Galway hurling management set-up.

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.

THE chairman of the Galway hurling board has dismissed suggestions the Tribesmen have been in touch with a number of potential managers from outside the county to take over from John McIntyre.

Galway Hurling Board chairman Joe Byrne has promised a very thorough review into the state of hurling in the county.

Galway hurling chiefs face some difficult days ahead as they come to terms with another disappointing Championship exit.

MONAGHAN club Donagh-moyne will propose that provincial runners-up be allowed a 13-day break between their provincial final and their entry to the All-Ireland qualifier series at next month’s GAA Congress.

HURLING officials have defied the recession to turn a loss of €100,000 last year into a profit of that amount for 2010.

GAA officials in Galway are to meet with garda traffic management in a bid to prevent a repeat of dozens of parking tickets being dished out to supporters at Sunday’s county senior hurling final replay at Pearse Stadium in Salthill.

John McIntyre has been given the go-ahead for another two-year term as Galway senior hurling manager, following last night's meeting of the Galway Hurling Board.

Galway manager Anthony Cunningham has kept faith with the team that beat Dublin for tonight's All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Championship final against Tipperary in Thurles (throw-in 7pm).

GALWAY GAA officials last evening confirmed just 240 tickets had been sold in the county for today’s U-21 All-Ireland hurling final at Semple Stadium.

The All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final between Galway and Tipperary will proceed as planned at Semple Stadium on Saturday evening (throw-in 7pm).

GALWAY GAA chiefs last night upped the ante in the row over the venue for the All-Ireland U21 hurling final by demanding an immediate meeting with president Christy Cooney and director general Páraic Duffy.

GALWAY hurling bosses are to appeal Andy Smith’s sending-off against Wexford in a bid to have the Portumna star available for the Leinster semi-final against Offaly on Sunday fortnight.

GALWAY GAA officials were last night meeting to lodge an objection to the proposed 7pm start to their Allianz NHL showdown with Cork in Thurles on the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday.

ONE of the longest running inter-county GAA sponsorships is to enter a 20th year.

THE new chairman of Galway Hurling Board last night called for an end to the internal disputes which have dogged the Tribesmen in recent years.

GALWAY hurling fans may have had to endure another season without silverware and it has not been a great year off the pitch either, with financial losses of more than €100,000.

REFEREE Christy Helebert has sent a file to Croke Park asking the GAA’s top brass to investigate the incidents which occurred at the end of the controversial Galway SHC semi-final between Mullagh and Loughrea.

THE Clare hurling crisis intensified over the weekend after the majority of players expressed a vote of no confidence in manager Mike McNamara and his backroom team.

DISCIPLINARY chiefs in Tyrone have launched a probe into an alleged assault on a referee at the end of Sunday’s SFC final between Dromore and Ardboe.

The build-up to tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier in Ennis may have been overshadowed by the suspension of Galway Hurling Board chairman Miko Ryan, but Galway have received a timely boost with Damien Hayes' inclusion in the team.

The Galway Hurling Board have sacked Ger Loughnane as Galway senior hurling manager.

GALWAY GAA delegates last night gave their backing for their senior hurlers to move into the Leinster championship — despite most of the top officers in the county vehemently opposing it.

Ger Loughnane will have to wait another few days until it is known whether he will continue as Galway senior hurling manager into 2009.

Galway will field a much-changed side in tomorrow afternoon's All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Antrim (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 3pm).

Kinvara's Colm Callanan has beaten off competition from Aidan Ryan to start as Galway's goalkeeper in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Laois (Portlaoise, throw-in 7pm).

After weeks of speculation, Ger Loughnane has been officially ratified as Galway's new senior hurling manager.

TIPPERARY Football Board chairman Pete Savage has called for the All-Ireland senior hurling and football finals to be played in August to facilitate the club championships.

IT’S going to be a costly exercise for supporters of Cork and Galway with their counties doubly involved in the concluding stages of the All-Ireland championships.

Former defenders Seamus Coen and Sean Silke have become members of Galway manager Conor Hayes' backroom team.

ALL-IRELAND ladies football champions, Galway, have been dealt a severe blow for the new season with victorious manager PJ Fahy deciding to step down from the position.

AISAKE Ó hAILPÍN suffered bruising to both body and ego on a pre-season training camp with AFL club Carlton Blues.

BRIAN CODY aims to “freshen things up” with the appointment of two new members to the Kilkenny senior hurling management team.

PHELIM MURPHY, one of the longest serving officials in GAA, is to retire as secretary of the Galway Hurling Board at the end of the year.

Galway All-Ireland-winning minor hurling boss Mattie Murphy could be in line to take the helm of the senior set-up.

VICTORIOUS All-Ireland minor boss Mattie Murphy could be in line to take charge of the Galway seniors for the third time.

GALWAY’S bid for All-Ireland SHC glory in 2004 has been boosted by a cash injection of €125,000.

Galway hurling chiefs have voted overwhelmingly not to accept the offer to move east and take part in the Leinster hurling championship next year.