CLARE club Kilmaley have demanded an explanation from GAA President Christy Cooney as to why they failed to receive one of 10 €25,000 Strategic Infrastructure Funding Programme grants allocated at a recent Clare county board meeting from the monies the county received from the financial dividend of opening Croke Park to soccer and rugby since 2007.

THE GAA has revealed plans to spend €100 million on infrastructure projects nationwide in the coming years.

A SENIOR Croke Park official last night admitted that “health and safety is not taken as seriously in GAA as it should be”.

JAMES KIELT has rejected suggestions the fallout from the broken jaw he suffered in a club game was a factor in Derry’s defeat to Tyrone in Sunday’s Ulster semi-final.

DERRY chairman Seamus McCloy has played down suggestions the Ballinderry club is threatening to pull its players from the county squad.

UNUSUALLY for the GAA Congress which can often turn into a boring, long drawn-out affairs, the weekend gathering of delegates delivered the full gamut of emotions. They ranged from the frustration of opponents of the government grant scheme in losing the final battle, to the exultation of president-elect Christy Cooney on succeeding second time round with 60 votes to spare.

GAA Congress in Sligo has voted for the Governments scheme to reward inter county players.

THE Ulster Council is to meet later this week to discuss Derry’s appeal against the result of Sunday’s Ulster MFC Final against Tyrone.

DERRY GAA chiefs last night launched an astonishing attack on Croke Park bosses.