CAMOGIE sensation Una O’Dwyer has been named Tipperary Person of the Year. The 23-year-old, has represented Tipp at every level from U14 and has five All-Irelands amongst a host of other titles.

TWO years after the Government reneged on part of its promised grant aid for the Croke Park redevelopment, the GAA have obtained a cast-iron guarantee that they will receive €40 million over the next two years.

THE GAA are poised to abandon plans to use a provincial venue for the International Rules Series against Australia.

WESTMEATH have not given up hope that midfielder Rory O’Connell – currently serving a 12-week suspension – may be able to play in Sunday’s Leinster football final against Laois.

A SPECIALIST garda division must be set up to tackle the growing problem of alcohol abuse, an abstinence group said yesterday.

THE successful funding of the projected 98m debt on Croke Park by the GAA over the next decade will depend on major championship games continuing to attract big attendances, GAA chief Liam Mulvihill admitted yesterday.

THE GAA can never pay a weekly allowance to inter-county players – or even to consider compensation for loss of earnings – if it is to remain an amateur organisation, Association President Sean Kelly insisted yesterday.