DERRY GAA chiefs last night launched an astonishing attack on Croke Park bosses.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly is on a collision course with the colleges and vocational schools authorities over his proposal to amalgamate the administrative side of both bodies, one of the last acts of his presidency.

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

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain tonight defended his controversial decision to release the Shankill bomber Sean Kelly.

DUBLIN chairman John Bailey is confident that the county’s underage hurling successes will have a knock-on effect at senior level.

HURLING in Dublin faces the threat of oblivion unless a radically different approach is adopted to the promotion of the game in the county.

Dublin GAA has been rocked by the news that they will receive just a fraction of the proposed €4.5m from the Strategic Review Committee earmarked for investment in the capital.

THE GAELIC Players Association has reacted angrily to “underhand” moves by GAA chiefs to lure players into a new official players’ body.

THE Games Administration Committee will not shirk its responsibility when it comes down to penalising players for acts of indiscipline, chairman Tony O’Keeffe stressed yesterday.

THE simmering row between Dublin GAA and the Leinster Council has escalated on the eve of today’s Congress in Belfast.

THE GAA is not in a financial position to complete the redevelopment of Croke Park in the short term, even in the event of receiving planning permission to retain the Hill 16 end as a terrace.

THE GAA must stand firm in ensuring that ‘equality of treatment’ is given to both hurling and football teams at inter-county level, according to Munster Council Chairman Christy Cooney.

THE Leinster senior hurling championship should be confined to just four counties — Dublin, Kilkenny, Offaly and Wexford, with the possible addition of Galway.

COUNTY boards have no choice but to tighten their financial belts following the alarming rise in the cost of running championship teams, GAA president Seán McCague said yesterday.

ONE of the biggest challenges facing the GAA will be to strike a balance between inter-county and club activity in a manner that will not undermine financial stability.

LOUTH GAA secretary Pat Toner fears money may eventually force the association’s hands on the opening up of Croke Park to other sports.

GPA chief Dessie Farrell insisted last night that developments in the 2002 inter-county season have put firmly to rest any notion that the new players’ body is going to “fold up and go away”.

RIGHT now, it may only be a pious hope, but, SRC chairman Peter Quinn feels that if GAA units nationally are prepared to take some hard decisions, the Dublin issue ‘‘could be off the agenda’’ for a decade or more.

STRATEGIC Review chairman Peter Quinn pointed to the rejection of a proposal to reconstitute the Association's Management Committee at the weekend Special Congress as the biggest disappointment for the committee.

THE GAA must be willing to make Dublin a national priority and be prepared to accept "a disproportionate level" of resources being channelled into the county, says Peter Quinn, Chairman of the GAA's Strategic Review Committee.

Dublin county board chairman John Bailey is advocating a radical shake up of the capital's GAA infrastructure.

THE GAA is in no hurry to respond to the Government's request for Croke Park to be made available for the 2008 European Soccer championships, association chiefs said yesterday.

THE provincial councils will be given wide-ranging powers if one of many controversial recommendations from the Strategic Review Committee is adopted at the Special Congress in 10 days time.

APPROVAL from the GAA to the Government request to use Croke Park on a once-off basis for the 2008 European Soccer championships may ultimately happen on a groundswell of support being generated within the association.

GAA chiefs are considering introducing penalties for "divers" who feign injury to gain advantage over opponents.

THESE are interesting days to be a Dub. More so when you are chairman of Dublin GAA Supporters Club and are engulfed by the hysteria of late August anticipation.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean McCague does not envisage a situation, at least for the foreseeable future, where the inter-county structures could be disbanded in favour of inter-club competition.

The GAA’s Strategic Review Committee will shortly unveil a package of reforms, one of which will see the end of Central Council Delegates in the Association.