Why has it been another winter of discontent? asks Kieran Shannon

Playing the All-Ireland senior and minor finals in August will be discussed at tomorrow’s Central Council meeting as a potential approach to condensing the club championships into the calendar year.

NEWS that the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association have agreed a formal process for dialogue in the next couple of weeks is hardly a shock, given recent faint noises in the background.

REASONS to be cheerful were in triplicate last weekend. Ireland won its first rugby Grand Slam in 61 years, Bernard Dunne became world boxing champion and the Cork hurlers once again donned the red jersey with pride in a thrilling victory over Clare.