Leitrim, Limerick, Sligo, Waterford, and Wicklow will support the creation of a second-tier football championship at Special Congress on October 19.

Referees chief Willie Barrett believes the sin bin will make Gaelic football match officials’ lives easier — but admits the possible rule change is open to time wasting.

Cian Lynch supports the Limerick County Board’s call for video technology to be used in inter-county games where possible.

The Limerick County Board have registered their disappointment and frustration with Croke Park about how they were denied a 65 in the penultimate play of Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kilkenny.

A root and branch review of Limerick football has recommended the appointment of a full-time development officer and the creation of a retention officer post so as to improve the number of players willing to line out for the county senior team.

The home of the reigning All-Ireland senior hurling champions will be known as the LIT Gaelic Grounds from the outset of this year’s inter-county championships.

The partnership has been described as the 'first of its kind in Ireland'.

Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford will oppose the Club Players’ Association motion to make all delegates accountable for their votes at Congress.

Limerick GAA secretary Mike O’Riordan is not in favour of the new Super 8 format, calling for the introduction of a two-tier football championship.

Limerick football is not in a state of crisis, board chairman John Cregan has said in the wake of the county’s 10th consecutive Munster minor championship defeat.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann hopes ‘a sense of unity’ in the county will be the cornerstone for success in 2015.

Paul Kinnerk’s vision for Limerick football will return the county to Munster’s top table, according to board chairman John Cregan.

Limerick football chairman John Cregan hopes the county can set a precedent for more major championship games to be held at the Gaelic Grounds.

Representatives from the Central Remedial Clinic, its former board and the Health Service Executive, will come before The Public Accounts Committee this morning.

Former members of the board of the Central Remedial Clinic, who were forced out over the charity top-ups scandal, have refused to turn up for a high-profile meeting on the issue.

The Central Remedial Clinic has said it will deal with all outstanding issues raised in the report of its interim administrator — including chasing the overpayment made to a former chief executive.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee says the former chief executive of the CRC Paul Kiely should return part of his retirement package.

A report into the Central Remedial Clinic has revealed a determination to keep information from the HSE and the public on its funding streams and its chief executive’s pay packet.

The Central Remedial Clinic was far more concerned with saving face than it was with saving money.

At least eight high-ranking health service officials are refusing to give up their right to hidden contract "top-ups" — and have threatened legal action if the money is removed as planned next month.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has backed the PAC’s decision to involve gardaí in the deepening Rehab affair, saying that he “expects” the charity to provide full financial transparency when it returns to the Dáil committee next month.

Ex-Central Remedial Clinic chief executive Paul Kiely is set to be given another public grilling over his shocking €742,025 retirement package from the charity.

A dossier of evidence relating to pay, pension, and other issues at the Central Remedial Clinic is being prepared by the HSE’s interim administrator and will be presented to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee by the end of March.

Furious CRC families have insisted axed chief executive Paul Kiely must hand back all charity money diverted to pay his lucrative pension packet.

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee chairman, John McGuinness, will today contact the interim administrator at the scandal-hit Central Remedial Clinic, as he seeks all files relevant to the €740,000 pension payoff for its former CEO.

The HSE is to carry out a trawl of bank statements at the Central Remedial Clinic as part of its efforts to pursue “to the bitter end” issues at the disability service.

The Garda fraud squad could be called in to investigate breaches of company law at the Central Remedial Clinic following fresh revelations about payments to its former chief executive using charity funds.

“I don’t think I have ever been at a meeting where the emotions are such that we are actually angered and saddened. What we are hearing is how a noble concept, the Friends and Supporters group was turned into the Directors and Friends group.”

The former chief executive of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) will be called to appear before a Dáil committee again after it emerged he retired with a gold pensioned pay-off worth €742,000.

The HSE says it may be necessary to call the Gardaí to discuss financial arrangements at the Central Remedial Clinic.

Former CRC boss Paul Kiely deliberately misled the public accounts committee over a claimed “phantom” €666,000 Mater pension fund.

With three contested positions and three other officers retiring at the end of their five years’ service, yesterday’s attendance at the Limerick GAA convention in the city’s Strand Hotel was the highest for a number of years.

THE funeral takes place today of one of the most notable figures to bestride local politics in Co Limerick over the past 20 years.

Fianna Fáil's John Cregan has become the latest TD to bow out of politics before the General Election campaign begins.

A NUMBER of senior figures within Fianna Fáil last night came out in support of Taoiseach Brian Cowen, insisting he will win the confidence vote comprehensively.

BRIAN COWEN has been told he is a “Taoiseach on notice” by one of his own TDs.

THEY are not called “drink-ins” for nothing.

THE Government has lost three TDs in a bitter battle to force a Green Party wildlife bill through the Dáil before the summer break.

A NIGHT of high drama in the Dáil saw the Government scramble to victory but lose three of its supporters over a Green Party animal welfare law.