Emmet McDonnell from Westmeath has been appointed as Offaly's new senior football manager.

Offaly’s Gerry Cooney became the second manager in the past 10 days to resign after a players’ meeting.

Gaelic football's managerial merry-go-round took another twist this morning with the announcement of Offaly manager Gerry Cooney's resignation.

THE man who scored Coolderry’s crucial goal in Sunday’s Leinster Club SHC final was exultant at the final whistle, understandably enough.

OFFALY chairman Pat Teehan has warned of the dangers of allowing counties to readily challenge decisions made by the GAA’s national bodies.

Tom Cribbin has resigned as Offaly senior football manager after three years in charge.

OFFALY GAA officials began the process of finding a replacement for Joe Dooley as hurling manager last night. Dooley stepped down after four seasons following their championship exit to Cork, but, according to county board chairman Pat Teehan, the wheels are in motion to find a replacement.

GARDAÍ have launched an investigation into an alleged assault during an Offaly GAA game on Saturday night.

OFFALY chairman Pat Teehan said the county board owes a “debt of gratitude” to Joe Dooley after he stepped down from his position as senior hurling manager on Tuesday.

FORMER Offaly star Ger Oakley has claimed player welfare has been a issue in the county for the “last six or seven years”.

AS if things weren’t bad enough in Offaly hurling — a season-long injury list that saw several players operated on, relegation to Division 2 on the last day of the Allianz Hurling League — this week the county has been rocked by news of a letter from senior hurling manager Joe Dooley to county secretary Martin Boland outlining a list of grievances.

DUBLIN County Board chairman Andy Kettle has claimed Anthony Daly’s hurlers saved the GAA’s bacon following the Leinster rugby team’s qualification for the Heineken Cup final on Saturday.

WATERFORD COUNTY BOARD officials contacted the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) before this season’s league campaign about the clash this weekend between their footballers hosting Offaly in Dungarvan at the same their hurlers play Offaly in Tullamore, but received no reply about the prospect of organising a double-header.

OFFALY GAA chiefs have rejected claims that they withdrew funding from Birr Community School, thus preventing the fabled Offaly nursery from sending a team to compete in a prestigious underage hurling tournament.

Following their exit from the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers last weekend, Offaly have already turned their attentions to next season by re-appointing Tom Cribbin to the role of senior football manager.

Offaly have appointed former players Vinny Claffey, Phil O'Reilly and Tom Coffey as an interim football management team.

MANAGER Richie Connor yesterday resigned his post ‘‘in the best interest of Offaly football’’.

Richie Connor has quit as Offaly senior football manager with immediate effect after the Walsh Island native tendered his resignation with the Offaly GAA County Board this morning.

Offaly's enior footballers this evening gave a vote of no confidence to their manager Richie Connor, before walking out of an emergency meeting with the Offaly Co board.

THERE is empirical evidence of the dangerous effects of over-training and over-use of players, the outgoing chairman of the GAA’s Burnout Task Force, Dr Pat O’Neill told Saturday’s Special Congress in Croke Park.

Pat Roe has called time on his stint as Offaly Senior Football manager, in the wake of the Faithful County's disappointing 18-point defeat to Down in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday.

Delegates at today's GAA Special Congress at Croke Park have overwhelmingly passed a motion to change the format of the 2008 All-Ireland hurling championship by the required two-thirds majority.

CLARE coach Anthony Daly has few complaints about the draws for the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers which sees him team grouped with Offaly, Dublin and Waterford.

OFFALY’S championship hopes have been dealt a major blow with the news that half-back Niall Claffey is out for six weeks - and will miss the showdown with Kilkenny.

THE Offaly county board will meet for discussions with the senior footballers if requested to do so by mediator Eugene McGee, PRO Pat Teehan insisted yesterday.

THE crisis in Offaly GAA deepened yesterday with the senior football team serving strike notice after a chaotic 24 hours in the county.

THERE is no question of Westmeath offering Offaly a replay of their Leinster SFC which gave them their first championship victory over the Faithful County in 55 years.

WEXFORD hurling has been rocked by the withdrawal of defender Darren Stamp. The 24-year-old Stamp, a regular in the side for the past three years, yesterday informed the management that he will no longer be available.

PAUL GALVIN is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday's Allianz National Football League game with Fermanagh in Fitzgerald Stadium. His selection, at right half-forward in place of Liam Hassett, is the only change from the side which defeated Dublin at Parnell Park.

SENIOR members of the Offaly football team are on a collision course with the county board over the future of manager Paul O’Kelly.

CIARAN CAREY has returned to the Limerick senior hurling panel for tomorrow night’s All Ireland qualifier against Offaly at Semple Stadium in Thurles (7pm).

“A STORM in a teacup,” is how Offaly PRO Pat Teehan, last night described the defection of the three Whelahan brothers from the county panel.