Congress may be the GAA’s ultimate expression of democracy but self-awareness has never been its strongest suit.

The most successful minor hurling county of the past two decades is pushing for a radical overhaul of the grade’s current All-Ireland championship format.

An inter-county manager who also works as an addiction counsellor says the true scale of the gambling problem in the GAA has not yet emerged as players are embarrassed to admit it.

The absence of a single gambling-preventative rule in the GAA’s Official Guide is totally unacceptable, according to Galway County Board chairman Noel Treacy.

Chairman Noel Treacy said that Galway hurlers did not raise any discontent until two of them came forward after the players’ representatives had earlier delivered a positive report on the year.

Galway County Board officials are hoping the possibility of alterations to Anthony Cunningham’s backroom team will appease the players and persuade them to get behind the manager.

Anthony Cunningham looks set to stay on as Galway manager for a fifth year despite reports of a player vote of no confidence in him.

Galway’s leading GAA official wants Anthony Cunningham to stay in charge of the senior hurlers and try to end the county’s All-Ireland famine next year.

Anthony Cunningham’s deep-rooted belief that there is an All-Ireland hurling title in this Galway team motivated his decision to seek a fourth year at the helm.

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.

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.

The Leinster Council will vote tonight on whether to allow Galway’s minor and U21 hurling teams into the province.

A bishop has spoken of his regret at the use of corporal punishment during his time at a teacher.

The Leinster Council will vote next month on whether to allow Galway’s minor and U21 hurling teams into the province following Wednesday night’s presentation from leading Tribe officials seeking full integration.

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.

Former Galway selector Mattie Kenny is to challenge the man he once shared the sideline with for the position of Galway hurling manager.

Galway GAA confirmed this morning that Alan Mulholland will not continue as the county’s football manager for another season.

Former Galway hurler Eugene Cloonan is expected to be part of the backroom team unveiled by Anthony Cunningham at next month’s county board meeting.

In the first of a four-part series on key issues in the GAA, threats to the club is foremost.

Galway’s Gaelic football and hurling teams will have the same jersey, crest, and sponsor for the first time.

A former government minister, who is now heading up the GAA in Galway, has appealed to players to stop using social media such as Twitter or Facebook.

GAA officials in Galway have introduced a by-law confining the sale of All-Ireland final tickets to fully paid-up and registered members of clubs only.

Loughrea full-forward Johnny Maher has been suspended for eight weeks arising out of incidents in the concluding stages of the Galway SHC final against St Thomas.

Galway GAA officials have been told to get their house in order after it emerged the county’s debt had soared to more than €5 million.

Fine Gael has been left licking its wounds as junior coalition partners Labour celebrated a double whammy at the polls.

ONE of Brian Cowen’s constituency colleagues has admitted Fianna Fáil will be in “fierce trouble” in Laois-Offaly if the Taoiseach doesn’t run in the general election.

Mattie McGrath has become the latest person to jump ship from the Fianna Fáil party.

Another one of Fianna Fáil's long-serving TD's has confirmed he won't be contesting the general election.

LAST night’s Fianna Fáil meeting ended with a call of unity from Micheál Martin who told his supporters to unite behind Taoiseach Brian Cowen, following his side’s victory by a significant margin in a vote of confidence in his leadership.

FOUR Fine Gael TDs including finance spokesman Michael Noonan are continuing to claim ministerial pensions despite a claim by the party last April that all sitting TDs would forego the payment while still in office.

GARDAÍ in Galway are investigating an attack on the office of a former Fianna Fáil minister.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has seemed to have averted any threat of a direct challenge to his leadership at tonight's meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party.

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.

I USED to be an inveterate funeral goer – several per week. I hadn’t been to one for the past two years until the unexpected death of newspaper man and former schoolmate, Alan Ruddock.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has said the findings of the inquiry into the deaths of 14 people on Bloody Sunday had vindicated the victims and would help heal the wounds of that “immense tragedy”.

FIANNA FÁIL backbenchers have warned the Government targeting pensioners in the budget could have a disastrous effect on the party.

FIANNA FÁIL TD Noel Treacy is to give his ministerial pension to charity, but slammed the opposition for “hypocritically” piling pressure on him and others over the issue.

Another Fianna Fáil TD is to give his Ministerial pension to charity, it was announced today.