The contest for the GAA Presidency will be a three-cornered affair between former provincial chairmen, Sean Walsh (Kerry), Aogán Ó Feargáil (Cavan) and Sheamus Howlin (Wexford).

Former Kerry and Munster Council chairman Seán Walsh has joined the GAA Presidential race.

It took longer than some expected but Galway’s first Leinster hurling title has vindicated the decision to welcome them to the province four years ago, according to then Leinster Council chairman Sheamus Howlin.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has promised the strongest marketing drive for the forthcoming All-Ireland senior championships.

Laois native Liam O'Neill will succeed Christy Cooney as President of the GAA in 2012.

GAA president-elect Liam O’Neill last night revealed that a hurling centre of excellence will be the main plank in the Association’s soon-to-be-released plan to develop the game.

The GAA will today formalise Liam O’Neill’s election as GAA president after all other candidates pulled out for the first time in the modern era, Jim O’Sullivan looks into how it happened.

GAA Director General Paraic Duffy has confirmed that Hawk-Eye technology will come in for the 2012 Championships if adopted at Congress.

LIAM O’NEILL is set to become the next GAA President as his only remaining rival Sheamus Howlin will later today announce he is withdrawing from the contest.

DONEGAL’S Tom Daly has withdrawn from the race to become the next GAA president, making it a two-horse race between Liam O’Neill and Sheamus Howlin to succeed Christy Cooney.

LEINSTER COUNCIL secretary Michael Delaney has warned that a handful of counties in the province are in danger of falling into “serious financial difficulty”.

THE race to become the next GAA president is, for now, a three-horse race, but could shortly be reduced to two if outgoing Leinster chairman Sheamus Howlin follows Con Hogan’s example and withdraws his candidacy.

GAA presidential candidate Tom Daly has been officially nominated by all nine Ulster counties to succeed Christy Cooney.

GAA PRESIDENTIAL candidate Liam O’Neill has acknowledged his opinion on the hot topic of payments to managers may differ from that of Director General Páraic Duffy.

LEINSTER chairman Sheamus Howlin won’t decide until the new year if he will contest the GAA presidential race.

LEINSTER Council Chairman Sheamus Howlin is set to be the fourth candidate to challenge for the post of GAA President at next April’s Congress in Mullingar.

THE GAA’s management committee has given the green light to a feasibility study into Hawk-Eye technology being used in the All-Ireland senior football and hurling championships.

Meath are set to begin their defence of the Leinster SFC crown with a Quarter-final against Kildare or Wicklow, it has been announced.

The draws for the 2011 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship took place tonight at Croke Park, with reigning champions Kilkenny getting a bye into the semi-finals.

A leading GAA official has declared that the use of video referees to determine whether disputed scores dissected the goalposts or went wide would not work in Gaelic games.

A LEADING GAA official has declared that the use of video referees to determine whether disputed scores dissected the goalposts or went wide would not work in Gaelic games.

THE GAA’s Player Injury Scheme is being undermined by “false claims” which threaten its future viability, believes Leinster Council chairman Sheamus Howlin.

THE GAA’s commitment to their overseas units — with over 400 clubs outside of Ireland — is set to reap an unexpected dividend as a consequence of the serious downturn in the economy, Nickey Brennan believes.

FORMER Kerry footballer John Kennedy is relishing his new role at the helm of the Clare senior footballers.

The Games Administration Committee will meet tomorrow night to consider an appeal from Wexford against the fixing of their All-Ireland senior hurling qualifier game with Clare for next Sunday evening.

Wexford Senior Football Manager Ger Halligan feels that football in the county was once again pushed to one side in the debacle which led to the postponement of their Allianz National League game with Carlow.