Liam O’Neill wants clubs to take centre stage

The repercussions of implementing the entire club season into the calendar year will this week be outlined in "one of the most far-reaching reports ever produced in the organisation", GAA president Liam O’Neill has revealed.

Proposals by a workgroup involving O’Neill, director general Páraic Duffy and GPA chairman Dónal Óg Cusack to run off the All-Ireland club championships in the calendar year will be discussed by Central Council later this week. The chief recommendation is expected to centre on the rescheduling of a number of inter-county competitions.

O’Neill, speaking at the Games Development Conference at Croke Park on Saturday morning, urged grassroot members to support the proposal to return club players centre stage.