NEW Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan wants the GAA to adopt a new system that would allow players based in England to remain eligible to play for their Irish clubs.

KERRY GAA chiefs are hopeful they will receive the green light to commence work on their centre of excellence project at Currans in Farranfore at the Central Council meeting of the GAA early in the new year.

PATRICK O’SULLIVAN was last night ratified as the new chairman of the Kerry county board after he defeated Johnny Mulvihill by 183 votes to 59 votes in the election at the annual convention in the Malton Hotel in Killarney.

A NEW Kerry chairman will be elected at convention tonight with Patrick O’Sullivan and Johnny Mulvihill battling to succeed Jerome Conway.

ANGRY Kerry supporters have been hugely vocal in their criticism of the county’s new official GAA crest. One fan has even set up an online petition to demand the return of the former crest.

KERRY County Board chairman Jerome Conway accepted they had no choice but to redesign their traditional coat of arms, given the current economic climate.

THERE will be a two-man race to succeed Jerome Conway as Kerry county board chairman following a surprise late nomination for the post yesterday.

McGRATH CUP champions Kerry will not be defending their title in the province’s pre-season football competition in January.

KERRY GAA chairman Jerome Conway has confirmed that he will step down from the position a year earlier than scheduled.

FORMER manager Tony Mansfield has backed Michael Ryan’s appointment as Waterford’s new senior hurling team boss.

FOUR UCC players potentially face a hectic fixture schedule on the weekend of October 15 and 16 as they could be involved in Kerry SFC semi-finals the day before their Cork SFC final meeting with Castlehaven in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

KERRY chairman Jerome Conway believes the board will be vindicated by their decision last winter to hand Jack O’Connor a three-year term as county senior football boss.

A WAR of words over the location of a museum charting the history and successes of the GAA in Kerry looks to have been settled.

CHRISTY RING Cup holders Kerry have applied to Central Council for a rule change to allow the competition’s winners to enter the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers from next season.

KERRY management are hopeful Darran O’Sullivan’s hamstring strain can be successfully treated in advance of the All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo in three weeks time.

CORK’S Daniel Goulding will learn the extent of the ankle injury he sustained in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier win over Down today.

The mother of two young footballers at the centre of a 'Parish rule' row stormed out of a Kerry County Committee meeting last night before votes on the matter were counted.

KERRY’s senior football championships, which kick off tonight, has been hit by a massive player drain, with up to 100 footballers set to miss this year’s championship.

Former county star Eamonn Fitzmaurice has been appointed as the new Kerry Under-21 football manager, taking over from John Kennedy who stepped down recently.

KERRY U21 boss John Kennedy has stepped down from his post a fortnight after his side were hammered by Cork in the Munster championship final.

KERRY’s footballers have received the green light from the County Board to proceed with a four-day warm-weather training camp in the Algarve later this month.

KERRY U21 manager John Kennedy has warned that the county’s crushing 22-point defeat to Cork in Wednesday’s Cadbury Munster football final illustrates how far the Kingdom have fallen behind their neighbours in the physicality stakes.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor last night backed midfielder David Moran to recover from a season ending cruciate knee injury sustained in Sunday’s league win over Monaghan.

KERRY’s footballers will be heading away on a training camp to Portugal if they don’t reach next month’s Allianz Division 1 final.

KERRY GAA chiefs are confident of securing a new sponsor for their county football and hurling championships by the end of this month.

KERRY chairman Jerome Conway has hit out those calling for the introduction of an open draw in the All-Ireland senior championships.

KERRY GAA chiefs have expressed fears for the future of their club competitions after almost 200 players left the county in the first seven months of 2010.

KERRY GAA officials have received the green light from board delegates to press ahead with the purchase of 48 acres of land at Currans, near Currow, to develop a GAA Centre of Excellence in the county.

JACK O’CONNOR’S reign as Kerry manager was officially extended by three years at a meeting of the county board in Austin Stack Park, Tralee last evening.

Jack O'Connor has been given the go-ahead to manage the Kerry senior footballers for the next three years, following his ratification by the Kerry County Committee tonight.

Jack O'Connor is set to be ratified for a third term at the helm of the Kerry footballers tonight – and former Kingdom keeper Diarmuid Murphy may be joining him as a new selector.

JACK O’CONNOR is set to be ratified for a third term at the helm of the Kerry footballers tonight – and former Kingdom keeper Diarmuid Murphy may be joining him as a new selector.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor last night refused to commit to staying on in charge of the Kingdom’s footballers and instead revealed he will take time to reflect on his future.

Kerry GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.

KERRY GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.

“I WAS wrong to do what I did.”

KERRY GAA chiefs are to press ahead with a development of a centre of excellence despite the economic downturn.

KERRY County Board’s Strategic Vision and Action Plan will enable the county to maintain its preeminent position through clubs and personnel being more proactive in meeting new challenges and changing them into new opportunities.

Kerry GAA chiefs last night confirmed Paul Galvin has accepted the eight weeks ban proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee.

KERRY GAA chiefs last night confirmed Paul Galvin has accepted the eight weeks ban proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee.

THE Chairman of the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee last night termed as ‘ridiculous’ suggestions that The Sunday Game is setting the agenda for the high powered disciplinary body.