Sponsor says county championship scheduling threatens interprovincials

COMPETITION sponsor Martin Donnelly has admitted he could lose interest in the Interpovincial championships if club fixtures “are not sorted out”.

“Players and managers are enthusiastic and as long as they show that I will be committed,” he said. “But there is a time limit. If in two or three years time we are having this problem again, then maybe we’ll have to look elsewhere to spend our money.’’

So far, it had been an attractive proposition, he said, taking heart from the interest created by last year’s football semi-finals in Parnell Park under lights and the hurling final in Boston, which was a “fantastic occasion”.