‘False claims’ threaten scheme

THE GAA’s Player Injury Scheme is being undermined by “false claims” which threaten its future viability, believes Leinster Council chairman Sheamus Howlin.

Many of the claims being presented prove successful and it was now time for counties “to take ownership” of the scheme before it was too late, he warned at provincial convention this week.

“We must ensure our players who genuinely need the scheme are looked after properly in the years ahead,” said Howlin.