MICKEY HARTE is staying well clear of the debate on the venue for Tyrone’s Ulster football semi-final against Derry on Sunday fortnight, saying yesterday that he was “not unduly concerned” where the game will be played.

BECAUSE of injuries to three key players, Keith Rossiter, Darren Stamp and Ciarán Kenny, manager Colm Bonnar has deferred selection of the Wexford team for Sunday’s Allianz NHL Division Two final against Offaly at Semple Stadium, Thurles until tomorrow night.

Hot on the heels of the criticism by GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell of anti-grants body 'Of One Belief' come the comments of GAA PRO Danny Lynch, who has also hit out at the "grassroots" group.

Rugby World Cup final referee Alain Rolland will address the GAA's top referees next Tuesday on the key issues of fitness and discipline.

REFEREES’ spokesman Fr Seamus Gardiner yesterday clarified the decision to penalise Cork ’keeper Dónal Óg Cusack at the end of Sunday’s epic All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Waterford.

ONE man with more than a passing interest in tomorrow’s Dr Harty Cup final is Michael Power from Waterford, who hopes his son Stephen can succeed where he failed in 1976, when DLS Waterford lost to St Flannan’s in the final in Bansha, 2-9 to 3-4.

REFEREES were not instructed to adopt a ‘zero tolerance’ approach during the first round of the National Football League according to their spokesman, Fr. Seamus Gardiner.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was a surprise recipient of a GAA President's award as the grass-root heroes of the association were honoured at the weekend in Croke Park.

“The GAA President’s Awards are about rewarding the volunteer. It’s about recognising the voluntary efforts of GAA members who seek nothing in return, work that has been going on for over one hundred years.” - GAA president Sean Kelly.

REFEREE Cormac O’Reilly has sent a detailed report on Sunday’s ill-tempered NFL clash between Kerry and Monaghan to Croke Park.

REFEREES’ boss, Fr Seamus Gardiner, yesterday defended Paddy Russell’s handling of Sunday’s ill-tempered NFL clash between Tyrone and Dublin.

MUNSTER Council chairman Sean Fogarty is adamant that Croke Park must not host non-GAA sports until development work on Lansdowne Road commences.

THE GAA should utilise modern technology to develop a sliothar fitted with a microchip to monitor its flight, a national refereeing spokesman declared.

Tyrone's Stephen O'Neill is expected to have his red card, earned in Saturday's Ulster SFC final replay, rescinded after referee Michael Collins admitted to an error.

CORK referee Michael Collins has admitted he made a mistake in sending off Tyrone's Stephen O'Neill in Saturday's ill-tempered Ulster SFC Final at Croke Park.

REFEREES' spokesman Fr Seamus Gardiner has accepted the need for greater communication between officials and managers on the implementation of rules.

CLARE FM are to broadcast a tribute programme to Allstar hurler Jamesie O’Connor on Saturday afternoon (5pm).

LAST night’s Munster GAA Convention in Killarney elected Clare’s Ger Hickey as Treasurer and Willie O’Connor as its new PRO.

GAA President Sean Kelly last night admitted that “the sanctity of the referee and respect for his decisions is something the Association could borrow from sports such as rugby.”

Liz Howard, former PRO of the Tipperary GAA Board, has thrown her hat into the ring for the position of Munster Council PRO.

REFEREES’ representative Fr Seamus Gardiner has voiced concerns over the experimental football rules introduced at the weekend.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly has backed novel rule changes for next year’s secondary provincial competitions which could trigger the introduction of the sin-bin into Gaelic games.

THE Ulster Council of the GAA knows the identity of the supporter who struck Cavan referee Martin Brady at the end of Sunday's club football semi-final between Mayobridge and Carrickmore.

GROWING concern over what’s viewed as an unprecedented and unacceptable level of abuse of referees has forced the Management Committee to issue a code of ethics.

MUNSTER Council officials took into consideration the traffic congestion problems experienced en route to Killarney last Saturday before deciding that Fitzgerald Stadium would host a Sunday Munster SFC final replay between Kerry and Limerick.

THE GAA needs to do much more to promote their games, according to the Munster Council PRO Fr Séamus Gardiner last night.

TIPPERARY’S Sean Fogarty has been installed as the new chairman of the Munster GAA Council, succeeding Cork’s Christy Cooney, who has completed his three-year term.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly last night applauded referees for their consistent application of the rules after a weekend of red card fever in the Allianz Football League.

A FRAMED picture of St Brendan the Navigator was among the gifts included in the offertory procession at his funeral Mass.

THE National Referees Committee yesterday said increased protection at games for their members was unlikely following a “vicious assault” on a referee at the weekend.

TOMORROW night’s Munster U21 football championship semi-final between Waterford and Cork at Walsh Park will be played despite the Rebels’ request for a postponement.

Motor mouth TV pundit Joe Brolly has taken a pasting from the Munster council after lashing out at the "one team championship" down south on his Sunday Game slot.

National broadcaster RTE will take in live TV coverage of Saturday's Munster replay clash between Waterford and Limerick after all.

THE two big games in next weekend’s Guinness Munster SHC programme at Semple Stadium, Thurles, will be televised live.

LIMERICK have had their request for a postponement of next Saturday’s Munster SHC semi-final replay against Waterford turned down by the Provincial Council.

LATE last night there was still no news regarding Cork's fate following their use of six substitutes in last Sunday's Munster SFC final against Tipperary in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

CORK senior footballers will continue to sweat for at least another day before knowing whether they will be stripped of their Munster championship crown following the use of six substitutes in Sunday's provincial final against Tipperary.

LIAM DUNNE'S sending off near the end of Sunday's Leinster hurling final was harsh, Wexford manager Tony Dempsey insisted yesterday.