Five solutions to the GAA’s timing stuggles

It was at a post-Congress press briefing in February that GAA director general Páraic Duffy admitted time-keeping was an issue for the organisation.

Just hours earlier, the death knell, excuse the pun, for the clock/hooter had been rung but from Duffy there was recognition something had to be done about the amount of additional time afforded by referees.

He said: “The CCCC (Central Competitions Control Committee) will look at that in terms of guidelines to referees, in terms of the time we play at the end of the game, that is their intention. There was no point doing that until today (the motion) was out of the way first so it can be addressed on that basis.”