Galway told U20 All-Ireland final will not go ahead

'The U20 match fixed for Saturday evening is off, officially off. We just got confirmation from Croke Park'

Matthew Tierney of Galway in action against Luke Brosnan, left, and Alan Dineen of Kerry during the EirGrid GAA Football All-Ireland U20 Championship semi-final last weekend. The final will now not go ahead as scheduled. Picture: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Galway GAA chairman Pat Kearney has said the county board received confirmation from Croke Park this morning that Saturday’s All-Ireland U20 football final will not go ahead.

Uncertainty surrounds the playing of the All-Ireland minor and U20 championships after it emerged yesterday that Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan’s latest letter on October 15 to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly stressed Nphet were allowing “senior inter-county” games to take place at the highest level of national Covid-19 restrictions.