Hurling’s promotion fiasco faces Congress

TWENTY-THREE hurling counties will be deprived of a shot at gaining promotion to a higher championship tier next summer if a motion proposed by the GAA’s Central Council for October’s Special Congress is adopted.

The motion, drawn up over the weekend, is the GAA’s first written response to the ongoing relegation/promotion fiasco and includes a proposal that Carlow be added to the list of counties competing in the 2010 Liam MacCarthy Cup.

As expected, it has also been recommended that no county suffer relegation into the Christy Ring Cup this season, a development that would bring the number of sides competing in the top tier to 13.