Enlightened' proposals backed

WESTMEATH county chairman Seamus Ó Faoláin has called the proposals to overhaul the hurling championship, "the most enlightened report from a hurling group towards counties involved in the second division of hurling".

"I have been working at the coal-face of this since 1986, and the reality of second division teams is they are the most difficult of all hurling counties to motivate. These proposals mean Division 2 sides will get a chance to play on big match occasions," he said.

The Westmeath chairman recalled an All-Ireland B HC final against Carlow in 1991 held before one the epic Dublin-Meath clashes.