Kilkenny County Board last night issued a statement declining to claim the points from tomorrow's scheduled NHL match against Cork, which was formally called off earlier in the day, as the impasse between county players and officials continues.
In a short release, Kilkenny expressed disappointment that the match would not be going ahead but offered to fulfil the fixture a later stage: "We do not want the points and we are willing to go to Cork at a date agreeable to both counties to play the game, under lights if necessary."
No decision will be taken on the match until the Central Competitions Control Committee meet on Tuesday week by which stage Cork may have forfeited a second round of matches in the National Leagues.
Earlier yesterday the GAA president Nickey Brennan urged the sides to agree a temporary solution. "I am imploring both parties to suspend past differences," he said in a statement issued by Croke Park, "and to agree an interim arrangement or compromise which realistically will be only for a period of eight months." He asked that both parties revisit the memorandum of understanding prepared by LRC chief executive Kieran Mulvey and GAA Director General Páraic Duffy, "that all the players in both panels be fully appraised on its content and that the executive of the county board formally take a decision on it."
Otherwise there were no developments in the ongoing dispute after Thursday's heated exchange of press releases between the county board and the players. Mulvey is still willing to re-engage but only on the basis of a significant shift in positions.
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