Waterford GAA chairman Paddy Joe Ryan believes a knockout county championship format will have to be considered following the two walkovers which have blighted the Waterford SFC.

Plans to increase Walsh Park’s capacity to 16,000 remain on course despite neither of Waterford’s two home games in the Munster senior hurling championship this summer selling out.

The GAA will have to look at starting the Allianz Hurling League before Christmas to avoid fixtures pile-ups like the one caused by last Sunday’s string of postponements, Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has suggested.

Waterford manager Páraic Fanning says the county will now enter the Munster senior hurling championship on the same terms as the four other counties after yesterday’s confirmation that Walsh Park will be their home venue in 2019.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan says Walsh Park “was the only game in town” for redevelopment within the county but warns refurbishment costs cannot be allowed to “paralyse the county board”.

Walsh Park could host Waterford’s two home fixtures in the 2019 Munster senior hurling championship.

JP McManus’ €100,000 donation to each county board has been described as “the greatest ever gesture to the clubs of Ireland”.

Páraic Fanning was ratified as the new Waterford senior hurling manager at last night’s county board meeting in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has claimed the GAA and the Munster Council “would love to” demolish the Gaelic Grounds and Fitzgerald Stadium.

Waterford chairman Paddy Joe Ryan is not in favour of the GAA introducing goal-line technology.

The new provincial hurling championship format is “unworkable”, according to Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan.

It will be 2020 before the Waterford hurlers play a Munster championship home fixture at Walsh Park.

It will be 2020 before the Waterford hurlers play a Munster championship home fixture at Walsh Park.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has emphasised that Walsh Park in Waterford city is the only venue that will be upgraded as per the wishes of officials in Croke Park.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy and president Aogán Farrell are confident the prospect of home games will ensure Waterford make Walsh Park a viable venue for Munster championship hurling in the coming years.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy and president Aogán Farrell are confident the prospect of home games will ensure Waterford make Walsh Park a viable venue for Munster championship hurling in the coming years.

Limerick are leaning in favour of the Croke Park motion to transform the provincial championships from knockout to round-robin, though it was decided at Tuesday’s county board meeting to allow their Special Congress delegation a free vote.

Waterford are unlikely to be represented in this year’s Munster club senior football championship.

Waterford county board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has admitted that the Déise are “lucky” to have Austin Gleeson available for next month’s All-Ireland senior hurling final against Galway.

Waterford were rejoicing last night as it was confirmed that Austin Gleeson has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland final, writes John Fogarty.

Waterford were rejoicing last night as it was confirmed that Austin Gleeson has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland final.

Waterford GAA chairman Paddy Joe Ryan plans to complete all local championships on schedule for 2017.

Chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has vowed to slash the Waterford County Board debt by €100,000 this year — and he believes Derek McGrath’s senior hurlers can be crowned All-Ireland champions in September.

Clare chairman Joe Cooney says the GAA’s decision not to reduce ticket prices for Sunday’s Division 1 final replay with Waterford is “disappointing”.

Leading officials from a host of Division 4 counties have accused GAA hierarchy of attempting to cut adrift football’s “small fish”.

It’s rare you’ll find a Waterford football team wear the tag of ‘reigning champions’, and while manager Tom McGlinchey is relishing the opportunity to successfully defend their McGrath Cup crown, his hand isn’t quite what he was dealt 12 months ago.

Waterford county board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan assured delegates at last night’s convention at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, that the end of the club levy is in sight and that spending on county teams will be carefully monitored.

The winners of Friday night’s Waterford senior football decider will be forced back inside the whitewash for provincial action less than 24-hours after the county final.

Former Waterford senior manager John “Jackson” Kiely has deep reservations about the recent football forum having any positive impact on the game in the county.

Every GAA club in Waterford will have a designated officer for an innovative health and well-being programme to support people experiencing addiction, depression, or other mental health problems.

Derek McGrath said he is keen to remain on as Waterford manager but stressed he will first require assurances.

Next month’s Munster hurling final is expected to be staged in Semple Stadium as Waterford County Board officials last night met with their Tipperary colleagues to iron out an agreement.

Waterford 1-7 Offaly 1-20: This we expected. Tom McGlinchey’s letter, read out at last Monday night’s County Board meeting, had us forewarned.

Waterford manager Derek McGrath is to be offered an extension to his current agreement on the back of the hurlers’ nine-game unbeaten run this year.

TOM McGlinchey was 28 — “just a baby,” he says — when he was appointed manager of the Tipperary football team in 2000.

If betting is an indicator, to see Waterford’s undefeated league run is to believe it, writes John Fogarty. 

Déise chairman Paddy Joe Ryan says the €500,000 allocated by Munster Council secures the day-to-day running of Waterford GAA. 

Waterford chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has called on the National Referees Committee to issue stricter time-keeping guidelines to end disputes over the amount of injury-time allotted.