Tipperary 7-12 Galway 2-12

The most successful minor hurling county of the past two decades is pushing for a radical overhaul of the grade’s current All-Ireland championship format.

Today, in Portlaoise, former Tipperary coach Paudie O’Neill will have divided loyalties, part of his heart lying with both Clonmel Commercials and Ballyboden St Enda’s. As always, he’ll see the big picture, the health of the game. As he must in his role as chairman of the Hurling Development Committee.

GAA director of games administration and player welfare Feargal McGill doesn’t expect the new five-person limit on sideline team personnel to change.

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Dublin are among a number of counties against the GAA’s new guideline to reduce the number of officials on the sideline to five.

A number of top hurling managers are angered by the new league system voted in for the 2014 season.

All but one of Munster’s Liam MacCarthy Cup sides want a return to an eight-team Division 1 hurling league.

Dublin chairman Andy Kettle has criticised Croke Park for what he perceives as them dragging their feet on next year’s proposed Spring Series.

Munster chairman Seán Walsh has welcomed the Hurling Development Committee’s (HDC) proposals to retain the province’s senior championship in its current guise.

Hurling Development Committee (HDC) chairman Tommy Lanigan has raised doubts about a return to an eight-team top flight in the National League.

Four Horticultural Development Company (HDC) postgraduate studentships and one Teagasc Walsh Fellowship are available for academic institutions to apply for.

GAA head of games Pat Daly has hailed the new hurling league format, although he doesn’t rule out changes to it in the near future.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has described the new Allianz Hurling League divisions 1A and 1B format as a success.

HORTICULTURE producers are to benefit from a new research-sharing partnership between Teagasc and Horticultural Development Company (HDC), based in Britain.

GAA Director General Páraic Duffy has suggested a compromise could be reached on the hurling league row.

THE possibility of four teams from six qualifying for the top-flight hurling division semi-finals could lead to poor leagues, say competition sponsors Allianz.

THE GAA’s Hurling Development Committee (HDC) will bring proposals to the August meeting of Central Council relating to the structures of the Allianz hurling League next season.

HIS term as hurling’s missionary — also known as national coordinator — expires this weekend, but Paudie Butler remains true to the creed. “I’m going to commit the rest of my life to supporting coaches and clubs who want to develop hurling. Because I know that we’re winning.”

THIS is unquestionably an outstanding era for the ancient sport of hurling.

GAA President Christy Cooney isamenable to a debate on the feasibility of an open draw in the All-Ireland senior hurling championship.

NED QUINN is the man with the Midas touch.

THE GAA cannot afford to allow the All-Ireland hurling championship become “the preserve of a small number of teams,’’ according to Director General, Páraic Duffy.

Ahead of a meeting with Leinster GAA officials in Portlaoise tonight, GAA president Nickey Brennan has revealed details of the newly-structured Hurling Championship proposals.

Antrim's joint manager Dominic McKinley has called for Leinster Council chiefs to consider allowing the Saffrons into next year's Leinster senior hurling championship.

Delegates at today's GAA Special Congress at Croke Park have overwhelmingly passed a motion to change the format of the 2008 All-Ireland hurling championship by the required two-thirds majority.

Offaly's motion for a 10-team Division One in next season's National Hurling League has been defeated today at a meeting of the GAA's Central Council.

AN ‘unmistakable’ downward trend in attendances at Munster football championship games is highlighted by secretary, Simon Moroney, in his report to next week’s annual convention in Lismore.

Tipperary man Paudie Butler has been confirmed as the GAA's new National Hurling Coordinator.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly has insisted he won’t “create a job for himself” by delaying the appointment of a new national hurling director.

THE GAA’s National Hurling Development Plan, unveiled at Croke Park yesterday, will invest €2.6m into coaching and games initiatives.

SEÁN KELLY has fully backed the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) and insisted yesterday it was the mechanisms of the entire appeal structure, rather than the DRA itself, that required review.

Jim O’Sullivan

ALL-IRELAND winning manager Liam Griffin believes the new championship format has been a tremendous success.