Dermot Earley to be appointed today

Dermot Earley will be revealed as the new GPA chief executive at a press conference in Dublin today.

The current president of the official inter-county players body, 38-year-old Earley is to be announced as Dessie Farrell’s successor at the organisation’s offices in Santry at midday.

Two-time All-Star Earley has held the GPA presidency since November 2013. The Sarsfields man represented the GPA at Congress in Carlow last year and has been a member of the organisation going back to its establishment in 1999. He has been a part of the executive since the mid 2000s and has presented All-Star awards in 2015 and ’16.