Brakes applied to age rule after Twitter backlash

Central Council is likely to defer the new age rule on inter-county minor teams until next year, GAA director general Páraic Duffy has revealed.

Tipperary club Moyle Rovers’ motion to raise the minimum age from 15 to 16 was narrowly passed at Congress on Saturday, with 68.7% of delegates voting in favour of it.

On foot of a query by Kerry delegate Eamonn O’Sullivan, the top table confirmed the new rule would come into effect in four weeks’ time.