Croke Park has sent in a team of officials to oversee a €1.5m financial crisis which has arisen in Sligo GAA.

THE GAA must address rural de-population, and should consider reducing 15-a-side games in some competitions, the new chairman of the Connacht Council, Paddy Naughton, told annual convention in Castlebar last night.

THE GAA's decision to open Croke Park was indicative of a broad-minded organisation with confidence in its future, according to outgoing Connacht GAA council chairman, Tommy Moran.