Gerry Bennis, former Limerick GAA chairman

If you didn’t know better, you might think Limerick and Cork predicted the league trouble ahead of them as early as last summer. That Limerick forecasted a seventh season in the doldrums of Division 1B. That Cork envisaged the probability of relegation from Division 1A for the second time in four seasons.

Crisis talks involving Limerick GAA’s top officials failed to find a resolution last night following Treasurer Donal Morrissey’s quit threat.

Limerick GAA could be rocked to its foundations tonight as speculation mounts that county board treasurer Donal Morrissey is on the verge of resigning his post.

Limerick GAA chairman Oliver Mann has suggested that too much emphasis is being placed on securing promotion from Division 1B of the hurling league.

The battle for promotion from Division 1B has turned into a money race with favourites Clare, Limerick, and Wexford desperate for a more substantial slice of the €1m-plus Allianz League gate receipt cake.

Exciting under-age goalkeeper Billy Nolan, an U21 hurler this past season, will not be to play for the Waterford side next year because of a new GAA rule set to come into operation on January 1.

The cost of preparing the various Limerick hurling and football teams in 2015 ran in excess of €1m.

Clare GAA chiefs don’t yet know if the highly regarded Paul Kinnerk will return to his coaching role with the county’s senior hurlers.

Concerns at Limerick’s defeat by Dublin in the All-Ireland senior hurling qualifiers on Saturday were expressed at the monthly County Board meeting in Claughaun last night.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann insists that TJ Ryan’s position as senior hurling manager is not up for discussion at tonight’s county board meeting.

Clare/Limerick manager Davy Fitzgerald/ TJ Ryan was under increasing pressure last night in the wake of last Sunday’s Munster championship exit. 

Limerick GAA chiefs hope their Centre of Excellence in Rathkeale will host National League games in the near future.

The Munster Council is set to contribute €500,000 towards the completion of Clare GAA’s centre of excellence at Caherlohan and the redevelopment of Cusack Park, Ennis.

GAA chairman Oliver Mann has described the online abuse of Limerick’s hurlers in the wake of Saturday’s hammering to Dublin as unwarranted.

All six Munster counties are against the introduction of a calendar GAA season from next year, the Irish Examiner can confirm.

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

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann has said Saturday’s junior final scoreline confusion was regrettable.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann will sit down with TJ Ryan within the next week to review the hurlers’ season.

Croke Park is set for its busiest weekend of the year, with 120,000 patrons expected through the turnstiles on Jones’ Road.

Limerick wholeheartedly supported Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosting of the county’s Munster SHC final against Cork at Tuesday night’s decisive meeting — despite chairman Oliver Mann’s pictured comments that the call did "not make sense".

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann has slammed the Munster Council’s decision to stage the provincial hurling decider at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on July 13.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be confirmed as the venue for the Munster senior hurling final early next week, a source close to the Cork County Board revealed last night.

Uncertainty surrounds the venue of this year’s Munster senior hurling final, with the Provincial Council favouring Semple Stadium and the Cork GAA chiefs supporting Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the July 13 showdown.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann last night called for unity as Dave Clarke was ratified as senior hurling selector at a monthly meeting that passed off with little or no incident.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann last night defended the county board executive’s statement in the wake of former co-manager Donal O’Grady’s claim that it attempted to discredit him.

The secretary for the Gaelic Match Officials Association (GMOA) has claimed the reappointment of TJ Ryan as senior hurling manager contravenes county by-laws.

Limerick GAA have hit back at former coach Donal O’Grady claiming the Corkman was reluctant to agree to a statement in which he and joint-manager TJ Ryan would accept “full accountability and responsibility for failing to achieve league promotion”.

Donal O’Grady last night expressed his disappointment with the Limerick County Board for not supporting their senior hurlers at the recent county board meeting, describing their “lack of perspective” as “appalling,” particularly in comparison with officials in other counties and their support for their county teams.

Former Cork All-Ireland winning manager Donal O’Grady has stepped down as coach and co-manager of the Limerick senior hurlers.

Limerick GAA chiefs revealed they took the county senior hurling management to task following a below-par performance in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League.

GAA president Liam O'Neill has apologised for the Hawk Eye error that denied the Limerick minor hurlers a legitimate point during the All-Ireland semi-final against Galway at Croke Park in August.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has apologised to Limerick for the Hawk-Eye error, which cost them in last August’s All-Ireland minor hurling final.

Limerick and Tipperary are the only Munster counties who have publicly confirmed they will join Cork in voting against the ‘Anthony Nash motion’ in Congress tomorrow.

Contrary to previous assertions, no personal injury claim has been made against the GAA arising from the pitch invasion at last year’s Munster SHC final in the Gaelic Grounds.

Limerick GAA is now counting the cost of the pitch invasion that greeted Limerick’s first Munster SHC title since 1996.

The good news continues for Limerick GAA supporters.

The Limerick intermediate team is still without a manager, but, in a compromise that was backed unanimously at a meeting of the county board in Claughaun GAA club last night, the dispute that had threatened to throw the county back into the chaos it had witnessed only three years ago was finally resolved.