U21 football championship may earn reprieve

GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail accepts Croke Park’s plans to scrap the All-Ireland U21 football championship may have been hasty.

The Cavan man insists the timing of the competition must be reviewed but having spoken to various counties, on a recent tour of the four provinces with director general Páraic Duffy, he appreciates there is little demand to end the competition, which began in 1964. Such a motion would require two-thirds of delegates support at Congress in February.

“I’d have to take note there is a strong feeling the U21 competition shouldn’t go. I have to be honest and admit that.