Pre-season to go but GAA backs 30-week campaign and August All-Ireland

If passed the motion put forward by a work group headed by Páraic Duffy passes, it would likely mean the All-Ireland SFC final will be staged on August 9 next year

The GAA Annual Report launch at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

A 30-week inter-county season is a workable compromise, says GAA director general Tom Ryan.

A motion put forward by a work group headed by Ryan’s predecessor Páraic Duffy calls for the last of the All-Ireland finals to take place in early August from 2027.