Kingdom's chief raps Rule 42 decision
Mr Walsh described the announcement by the GAA's Motions Committee as "a serious disservice to the Association's democracy".
He also described it as "very embarrassing" to the Association president, and fellow county man, Sean Kelly.
Mr Walsh made his comments at the Vodafone Player of the Month Awards, where Kerry hurler John Mike Dooley and Limerick footballer Stephen Kelly were named as the February winners.
The Motions Committee, made up of former presidents of the Association, ruled last Tuesday that they would not allow motions on opening Croke Park to other sports to go before Congress.
Meanwhile, Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody has dismissed talk of crisis in the home of the League and All-Ireland champions.
Though their 2004 form guide has been poor by their remarkable standards, with NHL defeats to Waterford and Galway followed by a narrow win over lowly Laois, Cody isn't about to panic just yet.
"Despite what people may say about our victory over Laois on Sunday it was a good game for us to win, and we had to work very hard to win it," Cody said.
He insists that there is nothing wrong with the effort, attitude, or commitment of the players.
"I have a very honest group of players under my charge, they are absolutely genuine and want to win every game they play," said Cody.
"Sometimes of course that doesn't happen, and because we are dual champions we have to prove ourselves every time we go out. As long as they maintain their honesty everything will come right," he added.
Following the losses to Waterford and Galway, the Kilkenny boss said they were left with three "knock-out'' games in their group in the league and is relishing the test against unbeaten Clare in Ennis next Sunday, a game which he describes as "a savage match for us to win''.
"Even at that, three wins just might not be enough to get us through, and if it is out of our hands after that then so be it," he said.
Laois boss Paudie Butler remains upbeat about his team's prospects of retaining Division One league status, despite three successive defeats.
"We are fiercely determined to hold on to our Division One status and we are ready for the survival battle that our next game against Dublin on Sunday at home will be," said Butler.
That sense of optimism is shared by Wexford hurling manager John Conran, who despite consecutive losses to Cork and Tipperary, remains upbeat about his side's chances of toppling Kilkenny come Leinster championship time in June.
"I wouldn't write off this Wexford team at this stage, they're a very strong bunch of lads, good guys, written off last year and they came back.
More than anything we have to start believing in ourselves. We finished off the year last year with good belief, didn't win anything but we jumped ourselves up a few notches from where we were at the start of the year. We have to do the same again now.
"I have no doubt that this team has the hurling, and if we start to work together, do things properly, grind our personalities into it, make ourselves strong, start believing in ourselves, that's what's important."
Prior to Sunday's loss to Tipperary, the rumour mill had been working overtime in the county, revolving especially around the mercurial Paul Codd, Wexford's most influential player.
Codd wasn't named among the substitutes in the match programme but lined out from the start at midfield, and with a return of 10 points, was by far the greatest Wexford scoring threat on the day.
That 'difficulty', according to Conran, is now history and with a lot of new faces being blooded in the league, the focus is firmly on the future.
"Paul (an agricultural contractor) finds it hard sometimes to get down off the tractor, but he's a self-employed man, has a lot of responsibilities.
"I had a talk with him during the week and he's 100% on board with us.
"We had 43 in our panel starting off, we've cut it here, there and everywhere over the weeks; now we have it down to 30.
"That was a very difficult job, but the panel we have now is where we're at going forward, the lads know they're going to be there until the end of the league.
"We can really get our teeth into trying to improve ourselves, get a better style of play that will work for us.
"Our next big challenge is Limerick next Sunday, but we'll be starting to do a lot more hurling training from now on.
"The real thing is Kilkenny, June 13, that's the one that will really make the difference to us and that's the one we'll be trying for."
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