Munster GAA CEO: Radical changes to hurling structure would be a panicked response

Instead, a schedule adjustment is required, Kieran Leddy told the Irish Examiner.

Kieran Leddy on Munster SHC:It is generating massive profile interest, viewing figures. We must surely be the only organisation in the world that would then consider getting rid of it.” Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 - 10:09

John Fogarty

Munster GAA chief executive Kieran Leddy says a shift forward in the schedule of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship is “the first and the easiest fix” for the game.

Leddy has long been a proponent of the split season. Munster GAA had proposed it before most other units but the challenges to the profile of hurling in the latter half of the inter-county championship period have prompted him and the provincial council executive to compromise.