Counties deny Congress boycott on Rule 42 issue

OFFICIALS from the eight counties who had their motions on Rule 42 thrown out by the GAA’s Motion Committee met in Portlaoise last night to explore the options open to them on the matter ahead of next month’s Congress in Killarney.

While the meeting at the Heritage Hotel was still going ahead late into the night, earlier indications suggesting that a rumoured boycotting of the Annual Congress by Longford, Wicklow, Dublin, Laois, Roscommon, Mayo, Cavan and Clare appeared to be wide of the mark.

Laois chairman Dick Miller was adamant that his county would never contemplate backing such a stance, while Longford county secretary Seamus Tiernan also felt it wasn’t the way to go.