Cork’s stance will not change anything

CORK’S stance on Rule 42 will not “queer the pitch” for Saturday’s Congress debate on the opening up of Croke Park, leading GAA officials insisted last night.

The general reaction to the decision taken by the Cork Board on Tuesday was that it will have no bearing on how the debate will be conducted.

Cork officials claimed that annual convention was the only permissible forum for decisions on rule change "The correct procedure is for county convention to decide on such a fundamental policy issue or to seek to mandate the Congress delegates contrary to what was a clear opinion at Congress 2003," a Board statement said.