Former Galway hurling chairman Joe Byrne insists he had a good working relationship with county chairman Noel Treacy despite their public falling out at annual hurling convention earlier this month.

This day last week, former Galway defender Greg Kennedy took to Facebook to unload his thoughts about the state of hurling in the county.

A major dispute has broken out in Galway GAA over who is to head up hurling in the county.

Outgoing Galway hurling committee chairman Joe Byrne has fired a parting shot at the Leinster Council and GAA headquarters for its refusal to allow Galway underage teams partake in the Leinster championships.

The failure to finish the Galway Senior Hurling Championship on schedule has resulted in a severe financial impact in the county, with a profit of €67,000 last year being replaced with a deficit of almost €100,000 for 2014.

Galway GAA chiefs have blasted Leinster Council’s decision not to allow the county’s minor and U21 teams join the province, calling on Croke Park to intervene in overturning the result of Wednesday night’s vote.

It’s almost that time of year again when clubs put forward motions to county conventions, but 2014 is slightly different.

The Galway SHC, which has produced the All-Ireland club champions in 12 of the last 23 years, has been thrown into disarray after one of the quarter-finalists was ejected for fielding an ineligible player.

The battle to become Galway senior hurling manager next season has been cut to a two-horse race between current manager Anthony Cunningham and his former selector and coach Mattie Kenny.

A major doubt has emerged about Anthony Cunningham continuing as Galway hurling manager, with clubs in the county seeking nominations for the position.

Leinster SHC quarter-final:

This day last week the sports-mad student Jonny Byrne was at home with his family in Carlow.

Young people at the funeral of a teenager who died after taking part in a ‘neknomination’ challenge at the weekend have been urged to be brave and say no in order to halt the craze which has left a family “torn asunder”.

A motion to outlaw the use of goalkeeper’s hurleys for scoring has been forwarded to the Galway County Convention to be prepared for the GAA National Congress.

Limerick’s objection to their minors’ All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Galway last Sunday is likely to fail on the basis of a rule in the GAA Official Guide.

Player power was the reason behind Waterford manager Michael Ryan’s decision yesterday not to seek a third season in charge.

Galway Hurling Committee Chairman Joe Byrne has spoken out about reports suggesting that Galway hurling manager Anthony Cunningham offered his resignation following last month's Leinster SHC final defeat to Dublin.

Sinn Fein have announced it will support the campaign to abolish the Seanad.

Kilkenny chairman Paul Kinsella expects the GAA to recognise the efforts of both sets of players in ensuring a money-spinning All-Ireland SHC final replay on September 30.

The draws in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior and minor hurling finals will impact on championship fixtures in many counties — and not just those contesting the replays.

He is quiet and unassuming but Anthony Cunningham can let fly in a dressing-room — usually starts with the strongest player and working his way back, says John Fallon

Joe Byrne - Galway Hurling Board chairman

The annual challenge between Irish and Australian national hunt jockeys takes place at the end of the month and the lucky quartet representing the Tricolour were named in Galway yesterday.

GAA officials in Galway have abandoned an ambitious plan todevelop a training centre even though they look like losing over €2.5m on the deal.

TELEVISION match officials (TMOs) could be in use in championship hurling and football games next summer if a proposal from a club in Leitrim is successful.

A REVAMP of the county championship structures was the main recommendation to emerge from the Galway Hurling Review unveiled at theClayton Hotel in Ballybrit yesterday.

IN his time as GAA president from 1997 to 2000 Joe McDonagh was responsible for the introduction of several major changes.

GALWAY hurling chiefs last night opted to defer a board meeting which had been scheduled to announce who they were proposing as the county’s next senior hurling boss.

BRIAN CODY will be in charge of Kilkenny for a 14th consecutive season in 2012, reckons Tommy Walsh.

THE chairman of the Galway hurling board has dismissed suggestions the Tribesmen have been in touch with a number of potential managers from outside the county to take over from John McIntyre.

JOHN McINTYRE’S fate as Galway manager will be decided by the three primary officers of the county’s hurling board and not by the high-profile group which has been put together to carry out a detailed investigation into why they are not successful.

Galway Hurling Board chairman Joe Byrne has promised a very thorough review into the state of hurling in the county.

GAA national match officials manager Pat Doherty has revealed he informed both Galway and Clare before the end of normal time in Sunday’s All-Ireland MHC semi-final that there would be extra-time if they finished level.

WHEN Joe Connolly made his now famous All-Ireland-winning speech after Galway had bridged a 57-yr gap in 1980, it seemed to signal the end of what had been a hugely frustrating period for a county that is steeped in hurling history and tradition.

Ireland has been voted the destination with the highest client satisfaction at an annual travel awards ceremony in the US.

GALWAY hurling officials will soon sit down with their Leinster counterparts to see if their underage sides can also play in the province.

A 25-year-old police officer has been killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Omagh, Co Tyrone, police have confirmed.

A PSNI officer is believed to have lost his life following a car bomb attack outside his home in Omagh this afternoon.

A brilliant businessman killed in the Cork air crash was dedicated to his education and his work, his former teacher said today.

THE head of Galway hurling wants all former county players to become ambassadors as the Tribesmen bid to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time in almost a quarter of a century next year.

UP to €90,000 of funds from what are now cash-strapped local authorities was used to send union officials on trips around the world to train them for talks on the social partnership process.

DOUBTS have emerged about Galway’s continued participation in the Leinster hurling championship after a motion to include their minor and U-21 sides was met with a lukewarm response.

HURLING officials have defied the recession to turn a loss of €100,000 last year into a profit of that amount for 2010.