Kettle: Bring All-Irelands forward to facilitate club games

DUBLIN chairman Andy Kettle has called for the All-Ireland championships to be condensed by two weeks so as to give club competitions sufficient time to be completed.

The county face a fixtures pile-up over the next five weeks as they attempt to finish their senior football and hurling championships before the Leinster club campaigns commence.

Central Council is shortly expected to receive a report from the national fixtures planning committee which could recommend restricting the time-span of the marquee competitions.