Tipperary club Ballina last night defied Central Council’s edict last Saturday that no player who turns 17 this year can play U21 for their club.

The Tipperary County Board will shortly form a committee to look into possibly amending the parish rule after a motion was passed at their annual convention on Monday evening.

Tipperary secretary Tim Floyd believes a “massive mindset change” is required in the GAA’s attitude towards its match officials.

We should have known, when GAA Congress decided not to define the melee, that this would become The Year of the Melee.

The GAA yesterday said they will hear the GPA’s concerns after they hung the threat of strike over yesterday’s Bank Holiday Monday games.

Tipperary County Board will participate in the GAA’s new corporate trustee entity after secretary Tim Floyd, affected by a club’s decision to default on a loan, saw his personal credit rating downgraded.

Why has it been another winter of discontent? asks Kieran Shannon

The surprise departure of Munster GAA CEO Simon Moroney, which was announced on Monday, means another significant vacancy will need to be filled by the association next summer.

Columnists are flagging and the end-of-year audits are piling up; of moments, personalities, achievements, goals. But what of the commodity that keeps this whole operation going? How was 2017 for words, asks Larry Ryan.

Tipperary GAA secretary Tim Floyd has claimed that Jason Forde was found “guilty by association” earlier this year when he served a one-match suspension for his infamous clash with Davy Fitzgerald.

Tipperary County Board secretary Tim Floyd has expressed concern that the new hurling proposals will significantly curtail club activity in April and May.

The Tipperary County GAA Board managed to stay in the black this year, despite spending almost €1.1m on team expenses as the Premier went all the way to All-Ireland senior and minor hurling glory and an historic senior football semi-final.

Tipperary GAA chiefs have expressed disappointment that Semple Stadium has been omitted from the stadia comprising Ireland’s 2023 Rugby World Cup bid, as TDs from the county are set to demand answers for its omission.

After a season’s delay, HawkEye is expected to come into operation at Semple Stadium in time for this year’s Munster championship.

Tipperary legend Michael ‘Babs’ Keating was refused tickets to the All-Ireland final by Tipperary board chiefs last month.

Several Tipperary clubs will play “more than once a week” to avoid a repeat of last year when the county were unable to compete in three Munster Club competitions.

Tipperary haven’t ruled out hitting the €25,000 a week spent on preparing their county teams three years ago.

Galway captain David Collins is a doubt for Sunday’s Leinster SHC final with Kilkenny.

Thousands of hurling fans queued for hours in Thurles last evening for the removal of Tipperary hurling great Jimmy Doyle, who passed away suddenly on Monday, aged 76.

Tipperary have no fears that the success of their U21 footballers may prompt a repeat of last year’s delayed senior football championship.

Tipperary football boss Peter Creedon will be asked to explain his recent comments about referee David Coldrick in Dublin this evening.

Tipperary’s senior hurlers and footballers will wear jerseys with the Skoda logo in tonight’s and Sunday’s pre-season games despite uncertainty about the car manufacturers’ future as the county’s primary sponsors.

Tipperary secretary Tim Floyd thinks the Premier County’s hurlers will continue to be second best until they get the Kilkenny "monkey" off their back.

Tipperary county board chairman Sean Nugent has laughed off his touchline spat with Kilkenny manager Brian Cody during Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League final.

The Waterford County Board have taken the extraordinary decision to cancel all of the senior hurlers’ training until after the May Bank Holiday weekend.

GAA officials expect almost 30,000 patrons to flock through the turnstiles for this weekend’s four high-profile Allianz NHL fixtures.

A Moyle Rovers motion calling for only provincial champions in minor football and hurling to progress to the All-Ireland series will be voted on at Congress next month.

County secretary Tim Floyd has insisted Tipperary are good enough to win the Munster and All-Ireland senior hurling titles in 2014 — but only if levels of discipline, work-rate and intensity improve considerably.

Tipperary will fall further behind All-Ireland senior hurling champions Clare and their other major rivals unless levels of discipline, workrate and intensity improve.

There is no cap on senior Tipperary team training sessions, insists county secretary Tim Floyd.

Mr Wolf (Harvey Keitel): “You see that, young lady? Respect. Respect for one’s elders shows character.”

In the first of a four-part series on key issues in the GAA, threats to the club is foremost.

Tipperary GAA officials have been told by independent auditors that their finances are in a “precarious” state.

GAA director of games administration and player welfare Feargal McGill doesn’t expect the new five-person limit on sideline team personnel to change.