Cork GAA chiefs are close to appointing a new administrator for the county board, an announcement expected in the coming days.

Football Review Committee chairman Eugene McGee has expressed disappointment at the decision of Cork County Board delegates to support only three of the 22 motions that the committee has proposed for the upcoming Annual Congress in Derry.

Three new players have been called up for Cork’s challenge game against UCC tonight at the Mardyke.

NEW Cork PRO Tracey Kennedy insists the fact she is the first female officer in the history of the Cork County Board should not be the focus of her election.

Bob Ryan is set to become the next chairman of the Cork County Board as he is the only candidate nominated for the position which becomes vacant at Convention in December.

CORK chairman Jerry O’Sullivan heaped praise on the county’s All-Ireland winning footballers and insisted that their hurling counterparts “have the talent and the ability to compete and win at any level.”

OUTGOING Cork County Board chairman Jim Forbes believes that serious consideration should be given to confining playing activity at U-21 level to those aged between 19 and 21 and at minor level to players aged 17 to 18.