Sky Sports will exclusively televise the Munster SHC semi-final between Clare and Limerick in Thurles on June 4, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Munster secretary Simon Moroney has echoed concerns that hurling will lose out its share of “the marketplace” as a result of new championship changes announced last weekend.

O’Sullivan is convinced that the recommendations won't marginalise hurling.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has given the Club Players Association’s (CPA) call to shelve football championship proposals short shrift and encouraged them to formulate their own SFC structure.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Hurling is in danger of being marginalised by GAA director general Páraic Duffy’s plans to change the All-Ireland SFC , warns Munster secretary Simon Moroney.

Munster secretary Simon Moroney has expressed worry about the potential impact GAA director general Páraic Duffy’s football championship proposals may have on hurling, writes John Fogarty of the Irish Examiner.

Last year’s Munster SFC final replay in Killarney played a major part in the provincial council reporting a jump of almost €1m in total gate receipts from 2014.

Munster Council chief executive Simon Moroney has expressed strong reservations over a proposal to bring forward the provincial football championships to mid-April.

Former Munster Council chairman Sean Fogarty has called for the abolition of the provincial football championships and a significant reduction in the power wielded by provincial councils.

Kerry football manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has slammed the Munster Council’s decision to ban live video analysis on All-Ireland matchdays.

The GAA’s Munster Council have clamped down on the operations of team analysts on All-Ireland match-days.

Issues surrounding the present structure of the All-Ireland senior football championship will not be resolved by provincial councils relinquishing control of their elite competitions, according to Munster Council CEO Simon Moroney.

The Munster Council is set to contribute €500,000 towards the completion of Clare GAA’s centre of excellence at Caherlohan and the redevelopment of Cusack Park, Ennis.

For the second year running, Sky Sports won’t be televising any senior Munster championship game.

An increase in hurling attendances at senior and U21 level saw a €500,000-plus bump in the finances of the Munster Council last year.

Nobody can deny the appeal of finishing the club season in the calendar year. It’s neat, it’s tidy, reports John Fogarty. 

Munster secretary Simon Moroney admits staging All-Ireland club finals in December will only be workable if the schedules of other competitions such as the inter-county championships are put back in the year.

Munster Council chief executive Simon Moroney has expressed relief that the controversy which overshadowed this year’s provincial senior football championship has been resolved.

GAA chiefs are predicting a sell-out for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Mayo and Kerry at Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds.

Cork chairman Bob Ryan claimed the extra stewarding provided at Sunday’s Munster football final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh was unnecessarily excessive.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann has slammed the Munster Council’s decision to stage the provincial hurling decider at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on July 13.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be confirmed as the venue for the Munster senior hurling final early next week, a source close to the Cork County Board revealed last night.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh is expected to host the Munster senior hurling final on July 13, provincial sources have told the Irish Examiner.

Uncertainty surrounds the venue of this year’s Munster senior hurling final, with the Provincial Council favouring Semple Stadium and the Cork GAA chiefs supporting Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the July 13 showdown.

Mayo manager James Horan has called former Connacht captain Gavin Duffy into his senior squad.

Munster Council secretary Simon Moroney has defended the decision to seed this year’s provincial senior football championship.

The GAA’s provincial councils are planning to finally tackle the club fixture programmes to end the raw deal being endured by the ordinary player.

A leading GAA official has suggested that all sponsorship money raised by county boards should be pooled and divided proportionally, to avoid Dublin’s development as a superpower that will never be toppled.

The McGrath Cup will be going ahead, despite the withdrawals of Clare, Limerick and Tipperary and likely absence of Waterford.

John Brudair is set to become the new manager of the Limerick senior footballers after receiving the backing of club delegates at last night's Limerick Football Committee meeting in Adare.

Munster secretary Simon Moroney has not ruled out axing next January’s McGrath Cup should Tipperary and Waterford follow Clare and Limerick’s example and withdraw from it.

Outgoing chairman Sean Walsh has pledged that the Munster Council will do whatever is necessary to ensure that admission charges ‘are not a deterrent’ to supporters from attending their games.

A stout defence of the controversial ‘black card’ recommended by the Football Development Committee was made by chairman Eugene McGee at last evening’s Munster Convention.

Interim Munster GAA CEO Simon Moroney has warned gate receipts are expected to drop again for the province in 2013.

Munster GAA are accepting applications for the position of operations manager.

Kerry’s Tony O’Keeffe has been appointed as successor to Clare’s Simon Moroney as chairman of the powerful Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC).