O’Neill ‘nervy’ on Considine’s club call

Last week, in these pages, Irish Examiner columnist and Kilmallock senior hurling manager, Tony Considine, called for an open draw to be introduced to the AIB All-Ireland Club Championships.

Yesterday, at the announcement that AIB would sponsor those championships for the 21st season, GAA President Liam O’Neill addressed that question.

“We had a motion a number of years ago from Antrim to do just that, and I think it fell short by very few votes.