Offaly board slams fixture changes

OFFALY county board secretary Martin Boland has accused GAA chiefs of changing fixtures ‘to suit themselves’ in light of the decision to defer this weekend’s All-Ireland SHC relegation play-offs.

Offaly had been slated to face Antrim on Saturday in a battle to beat the drop but the match has been postponed, along with the tie between Clare and Wexford, as the GAA attempts to solve the dilemma posed by the Saffrons competing in the Leinster championship for the next three years.

But Boland has expressed his annoyance with the decision in light of the GAA’s refusal to accommodate Offaly two weeks ago when the county’s footballers and hurlers were both in action on Saturday July 4.