Leinster Council to decide Portlaoise-Clara venue

THE Leinster Council will meet this evening to decide on the venue for the provincial club football semi-final meeting of Portlaoise and Clara which was abandoned shortly after half-time yesterday.

Meath referee Joe Curley made the decision to bring the game to a premature halt three minutes into the second period after a fresh deluge of rain fell on O’Moore Park during the interval.

Allied to the torrents that had already fallen on the region in the previous days, the result was a waterlogged surface which made the game unplayable and even dangerous for those involved.