Ladies football planning to spread gospel with New York trip

LADIES football is hoping to build on its phenomenal growth with a planned trip to New York next year to play an exhibition game.

They aim to play a curtain-raiser to the Connacht SFC game between New York and Mayo for which permission has already been received by the Ladies Football Association.

All that remains is for the body's Central Council to sanction the trip, the brainchild of progressive Chief Executive Helen O'Rourke.