Liam McHale has said he will never again be involved with a Mayo team as the row to appoint a successor to James Horan as the county’s football manager festered further last night.

Mayo County Board will issue their new manager with a series of conditions he must adhere to before taking the job.

Mayo chairman Paddy McNicholas has hit out at the comments of the Cork management labelling the westerners as "good at tactical fouling" and "extremely streetwise".

Mayo County Board officials will meet manager James Horan tomorrow night to discuss a claim he made that they proceeded with a fundraiser in New York despite being told the team would not be present.

The cost of preparing the Mayo senior football team jumped by almost €170,000 last year, it was revealed at the County Board Convention held in Breaffy House Hotel yesterday.

James Horan is expected to tell Mayo County Board he has no intention of quitting his post as senior manager tomorrow night.

Mayo county chairman Paddy McNicholas does not know if James Horan will be manager next season after a meeting this week failed to resolve the matter.

The uncle of Mayo footballer Alan Dillon claimed his county board put the team in a hotel resembling “a building site” for their holiday to Miami in January.

Seamus Plunkett has been ratified as the new Laois hurling manager on a one-year deal.

James Horan’s term as Mayo manager was officially extended to 2015 at a county board meeting in Castlebar last night.

James Horan last night met with county board executive members to iron out logistical issues that have reportedly compelled him to consider his position as Mayo manager.

Donegal chairman PJ McGowan has pleaded with supporters to taper their expectations after admitting All-Ireland final hype has hit “frightening” levels in the county.

MAYO football’s future will be decided in the boardroom after the county board decided to force their own strategic plan through.

THE Connacht GAA Council are “beginning to lose patience” over the delay in completing the Mayo GAA Strategic Plan, according to its secretary John Prenty.

THERE were heated exchanges at Monday night’s Mayo County Board meeting when delegates uncovered irregularities in the financial running of the supporters’ club.

ALL-IRELAND senior hurling champions Tipperary have been dealt a fresh injury blow with the news forward Patrick ‘Bonnar’ Maher has been ruled out for a month with a broken hand.

THEY’VE had books written about their defeats, songs dedicated to their now 50-year search for an All-Ireland senior title and are depicted as the Buffalo Bills of Gaelic football but the funereal fascination with Mayo is set to go into overdrive over the next two days.

“MAYO could become a super-power of the GAA world”.

MAYO’S bid to claim their first All-Ireland title since 1951 has been give a major financial boost with the news that Elverys Sport will remain on board as the county’s main sponsor.

FORMER Monaghan boss Seamus McEnaney yesterday refused to rule out a sensational return to the helm.

Two former Dublin bosses, Tommy Lyons and Tommy Carr, have entered the race to become the next Mayo senior football manager.