THE issue of whether the Central Council is less ‘democratic’ than clubs in terms of putting forward motions on playing rules to Congress every five years was discussed at Saturday’s Cork convention in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, leading to delegates voting 107/77 against a proposal to deny the Council and any of its sub-committees that recently-won right.

An American Roman Catholic priest accused of fondling a 7-year-old has been charged with criminal sexual conduct.