GAA chiefs have given the green light for a serious makeover of Clare's primary county grounds at Cusack Park, Ennis.

WHILE the appointment of Conor Hayes as the new Galway senior hurling manager over the claims of incumbent Noel Lane will have come as a surprise to many outside the county, according to long-serving hurling secretary Phelim Murphy, it had been well flagged locally.

CROKE PARK’S Games Administration Committee has launched a probe into the circumstances of the serious hand injury sustained by Clare’s Gerry Quinn at the end of Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Waterford.