THE time has come to stop the “madness” of over-training players, said outgoing Tipperary Chairman Donal Shanahan in his address to yesterday’s annual convention in Thurles.

TIPPERARY should offer to play a tournament game against Fermanagh some time next year as a goodwill gesture, following the controversial decision to opt out of the Bank of Ireland football championship qualifier against them early in the summer.

MUNSTER Council secretary Simon Moroney has confirmed that Kerry will play Cork in the provincial SHC on May 16 in Pairc Uí Chaoimh as part of a double-header with the SFC game between Limerick and Tipperary.