Burns concedes Central Council meeting became a football v hurling debate

GAA chiefs voted against flipping this weekend's hurling championship fixtures from Saturday to Sunday.

PRIME-TIME SLOTS: President of the GAA Jarlath Burns. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

GAA president Jarlath Burns has admitted his decision to convene a special Central Council meeting yesterday turned into a football versus hurling debate.

Burns summoned a remote gathering of Ard Chomhairle in the wake of support from hurling counties for the Cork-Dublin and Clare-Wexford All-Ireland quarter-finals to be flipped from Saturday early afternoon to Sunday mid and late afternoon.