Extended panels to receive expenses after GPA row

ISSUES: GPA President Tom Parsons. The GPA and Croke Park were at loggerheads over a range of issues such as the mileage rate and the number of training sessions allowed per week. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The limit on the number of expensed inter-county players is to increase from 32 as collective inter-county training returns this week.

The restriction on squad sizes entitled to claim expenses via the GAA’s centralised system was a thorny issue earlier this year when the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and Croke Park were at loggerheads over a range of issues such as the mileage rate and the number of training sessions allowed per week.