GAA director general Páraic Duffy has promised the strongest marketing drive for the forthcoming All-Ireland senior championships.

Christy Cooney believes it will be up to ‘other people and history’ to adjudicate on his leadership of the GAA which ends when he hands over the reins to incoming President Liam O’Neill in Portlaoise next month.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and President Mary McAleese were represented by their respective aides-de-camp at the funeral yesterday of former GAA president Pat Fanning in Waterford.

INCOMING Munster Council chairman Seán Walsh is relishing his new role but admits the province and the GAA are set to “face many challenges over the coming years”.

Outgoing Munster Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman predicts challenging times ahead for the GAA. Colm O’Connor reports.

THE Munster Council are set to hold a two-day seminar in the aftermath of next Friday night’s provincial convention in Listowel, where a blueprint for the development of GAA in the province over the next three years will be mapped out.

MUNSTER COUNCIL chiefs aim to bring a motion to GAA Congress seeking for the term of treasurer in county boards and provincial councils to be extended to six years.

THE strength of the GAA at grassroots level is what will ‘drive’ it forward into the future and enable it to become even stronger, said Association President Christy Cooney last evening.

THE Munster Council last night confirmed they will investigate unruly scenes which marred Sunday’s provincial club junior football championship semi-final at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.

The thorny issue of club fixtures and their place in the GAA calendar will be amongst the topics up for discussion at the Munster Council’s first ‘Club Day’ in the INEC, Killarney on Saturday.

THE thorny issue of club fixtures and their place in the GAA calendar will be amongst the topics up for discussion at the Munster Council’s first ‘Club Day’ in the INEC, Killarney on Saturday.

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin and Jack O’Shea were honoured as the best hurler and footballer respectively of the last 25 years in a prestigious ceremony today.

MUNSTER Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman has admitted he is ‘very worried’ about the prospect of GAA chiefs abolishing provincial championships.

MUNSTER GAA chiefs hope their provincial club day will address the concerns and difficulties facing players and official at grassroots level.

GAA President Christy Cooney isamenable to a debate on the feasibility of an open draw in the All-Ireland senior hurling championship.

IT’S going to be a major talking point in GAA circles throughout the country – who was the best footballer who never won an All Ireland senior medal?

THE country’s elite GAA players wouldn’t be running out onto the green, green grass of home at Croke Park when the stadium’s new pitch is in place next month.

MUNSTER Council chiefs predict their provincial hurling final will buck the trend of poor attendances and expect over 45,000 at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

FORMER Kerry coach Páidí O Sé still stands over his controversial description six years ago of Kerry fans as the “roughest type of f***ing animals” – and believes current boss Jack O’Connor will find out as much if he fails to land the All-Ireland in September.

MUNSTER Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman has admitted that the attendance for last Sunday’s Munster SHC between Clare and Tipperary fell below pre-match expectations.

The Munster Council has denied claims the delay to the starting time of the Cork-Kerry replay last Saturday was down to organisational problems and the decision not to push terrace ticket sales in advance.

MUNSTER COUNCIL chiefs have agreed to play Saturday’s provincial semi-final replay between Cork and Kerry at an earlier time of 5pm to secure live television coverage.

MUNSTER GAA chairman Jimmy O’Gorman admitted that provincial council chiefs may have to tweak their fixtures next year to accommodate Cork’s dual demands.

THE president of the GAA will not be joining the chorus of disapproval in the wake of Sunday’s events in Celtic Park for fear of prejudicing the inevitable disciplinary measures to come.

HANDS off the Munster Hurling Championship: that was the message provincial chairman Jimmy O’Gorman sent out loud and clear from his home town yesterday at the launch of the Munster Championships in Lismore Castle.

MUNSTER COUNCIL officials will unveil a series of new measures next week to ensure that cash-strapped supporters have a better chance of attending the summer’s big championship clashes.

LAST night’s Munster Convention heard a cry for help from the province’s primary schools games body, Cumann na mBunscol, for their support in the appointment of a servicing officer.

Munster GAA chairman Jimmy O’Gorman has said he expects the Cork GAA crisis to end soon.

THERE can scarcely have been a more dramatic end to a hurling match that the one which occurred at Cusack Park last night.

MUNSTER GAA and camogie chiefs will invest in excess of €150,000 to develop the ladies game in the province.

THE chairman of the Munster Council insists the provincial hurling championship remains one of the “GAA’s flagship events” and must remain unaltered.

MUNSTER Council Chairman Jimmy O’Gorman last night insisted that the crowd did not exceed capacity at yesterday’s Munster championship clash between Cork and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

MUNSTER Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman expressed disappointment at the standard of the weekend’s provincial football action.

MUNSTER Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman has promised to guard the ‘needs and demands’ of club players during his term in office.

FIANNA FÁIL’S electoral vulnerability on the health service won’t have been improved by this week’s scathing comments from one of its own elected councillors.