Mining company Gyproc has been accused of dividing a Co Monaghan community by linking a promise of new modern GAA facilities with a planning application for a new mine.

Subsidence-monitoring at the mine where an underground collapse destroyed a GAA grounds and a community centre was only taking place twice a year and only above ground.

The true spirit of the GAA was on display on Saturday where Ratoath GAA club hosted Magheracloone GAA club in an under-7 challenge game.