Cooney facing ‘ultimate test’

OF ONE BELIEF, the group which opposed the paying of grants to inter-county hurlers and footballers, has warned conceding to GPA demands for 5% of GAA income will fast-track the end of the Association.

GAA President Christy Cooney and Ard Stiúrthóir Páraic Duffy will address a press conference at Croke Park this morning outlining their response to the ratcheting up of pressure last week by the gaelic players organisation

Of One Belief founder Mark Conway said he took little satisfaction in telling Croke Park bosses ‘we told you so’ as they prepare for the stand-off with chief executive Dessie Farrell and the GPA’s 1,900 members. And he described the coming weeks and months as the ‘ultimate test’ of Cooney’s presidency.