'It was high time to introduce integrity to timekeeping' - Special Congress back clock-hooter

The FRC have made another 19 recommendations that they have asked GAA to consider but they didn’t want to bombard teams, officials and supporters.

The result of the voting on motions 55-56 regarding the public clock and hooter is shown on a big screen. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile.

The clock-hooter was Colm Collins’s baby. When a question about it was asked, his smiling Football Review Committee (FRC) colleagues were quick to let the former Clare manager field it.

On Saturday, just over two-thirds (67%) of Special Congress backed its introduction on a permanent basis, 7% or roughly 16 delegates more than was required for it pass. In contrast, the other 15 votes all received over 90% support.