Jim Gavin: ‘This is a great opportunity for our games, not to be continuously searching out the dark matter in life’
GAA special congress approved FRC’s new football rules, with clubs added to the experiment
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GAA Congress approves Gaelic football’s new rules for 2025
Former president Liam O’Neill argued that ‘if we refuse to change, we can’t improve’
FRC want to see successful new rules applied at both club and county level in 2025
Former Kerry player and selector Éamonn Fitzmaurice says 96 per cent of players are club players so it is important they get the chance to try out the enhanced rules as soon as possible
GAA Congress explainer: It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Saturday’s important meeting will see delegates gather to decide on a range of rule changes proposed by the Football Review Committee
Seán Moran: FRC proposals deserve to be trialled but referees also need enhanced support
The most important group in implementing any of the GAA's rule changes have to feel less neglected
Seán Moran: Policing amateurism in the modern GAA almost requires the skills of Elliott Ness
Jarlath Burns’s presidency has prioritised concerns for football and amateur status. Football is proving comparatively plain sailing
Four-point goal is dropped from new football rules to go before GAA Central Council
FRC’s proposed rule reforms will go before Council, with debate set to continue over suspension of preseason tournaments
Ciarán Murphy: Whatever rules are put before Central Council should be accepted. There is very little left to lose
The best players and managers available to the GAA showed up in Croke Park last week. That’s a statement admitting the game has to change
Tactical analysis: Raiders of the arc will find reward under new Gaelic football rules
The 40-metre arc could be a huge influence on the game, and will affect both attacking and kickout strategies
Darragh Ó Sé: Jim Gavin did a great sales pitch but referees set to be under pressure to make new rules work
What the FRC needed was for teams to misbehave — the rules will be properly tested only when used in competitive games
We’re ready to join GAA’s new dance but someone will have to count us in
TV View: Your heart had to go out to the people tasked with updating the scores in Croke Park - and the FAI Cup final for that matter
Tim Healy: ‘We are actually paying guys to make football less attractive at club level’
Member of previous FRC believes GAA should limit payments to outside managers to €20,000 per head at intercounty level and €3,000, €5,000 at club level
Seán Moran: Let’s hope Jim Gavin’s FRC isn’t the latest example of squandered expertise
For years the GAA has benefited from the work of highly qualified volunteers only to ignore their recommendations
Football Review Committee consider new ‘overtime showdown’ as alternative to penalty shoot-outs
New format could even serve as an extra-time option as chairman Jim Gavin says FRC is ‘on track’ to deliver rule changes on schedule
Nicky English: Hurling being undermined by the crammed calendar of the last three years
We’ve now reached a situation where only the All-Ireland semi-finals and final are being played at the height of summer – the prime time for hurling
Seán Moran: Oasis concerts a red herring - GAA needs a proper rethink on season structure
Whether the new schedules work or not needs data-driven analysis, not a series of unco-ordinated reactions
Denis Walsh: Two tiers are not enough for the football championship, it needs three
Denis Walsh: The GAA's preferred option for change to the football championship is better than the current flawed system but a more radical rejig is required
Darragh Ó Sé: Once you put Jim Gavin in charge of something, there’s no sniggering down the back
Whatever you think about the Football Review Committee, the game has got itself into a state and it finally feels like someone is taking the problem seriously
GAA: Latest easing of under-20 restrictions signals death of development grade
Original idea behind introducing under-20 championship was to ring-fence elite players good enough for senior
Burns takes office looking to soccer for solutions to curb intercounty spending
The GAA’s new president seeks a review of amateur status, including the prospect of licensing teams to compete
Jarlath Burns makes Jim Gavin chair of the Football Review Committee
New GAA president has been impressed with the former Dublin manager’s ‘higher-level thinking skills’
Jarlath Burns promises to ‘stop the runaway train’ of intercounty team budgets
GAA Congress: Incoming president will establish a new amateur status committee
Larry McCarthy calls for proper investigation into Seán Brown’s murder
GAA Congress: Outgoing president recalls toughest day in office at trial of former Crossmaglen treasurer Thomas McKenna
Seven-day gap between matches for under-20 players reduced to 60 hours
GAA Congress: Cork motion passes by 72 per cent to 28
GAA Congress: Seán Kelly suggests midweek replays for draws after extra-time
GAA's Annual Congress in Newry’s Canal Court Hotel to herald start of Jarlath Burns’ presidency
Jarlath Burns: After a perfectly conducted apprenticeship, a daunting agenda looms
An accomplished administrator and communicator, he knows that only so much can be done in three years
GAA aiming to bring Gaelic games to the Olympics
Association’s international body looking to secure recognition from the International Olympic Committee to broaden ‘global reach’
Smallest GAA congress motions list in 20 years contains little of major importance
A couple of proposals to roll back recent reforms plus a few modest changes down for discussion in Newry
Mary Hannigan: Ireland now experts at dealing with expectation
VAR audio released, reaction to GAA special congress and Manchester United lose again
Relief as GAA votes for better gender balance on management committee
Director general Tom Ryan admits threat of cut in State funding influenced vote
GAA special congress votes for improved gender balance on Management Committee
Other motions relate to dates in the calendar and different tiers in the championships
Malachy Clerkin: It’s okay not to take the so-called big issues in the GAA all that seriously
We get far too caught up in debating the minutiae of every little thing in the association
Carlow voice concerns over GAA Special Congress motion to end preliminary quarter-finals
Carlow chairman Joe Bolger believes GAA's Special Congress motion to drop preliminary hurling quarter-finals fails to recognise promotional opportunity provided by such games
Seán Moran: GAA eying up the butterflies as chaos theory makes a reappearance
GAA facing an administrative headache as a Congress motion on determining club round-robin fixtures is now threatening a run on the DRA
Ciarán Murphy: Jarlath Burns has the perspective to finally tackle players’ issues head on
Former Armagh captain is well versed in the challenges faced by the modern intercounty player
Referees have reason to be disappointed with Congress decisions on discipline
For all the worthwhile initiatives taken on Saturday, a couple of important opportunities were lost - and not for compelling reasons
GAA Congress haunted by Kilmacud-Glen controversy
Motions passed include doubling suspensions for misbehaviour at underage matches; Galway admitted to Leinster minor hurling championship
Who is the GAA’s new president-elect Jarlath Burns?
‘If you look even at the last independence referendum in Scotland, both Celtic and Rangers, two big sporting organisations in that country took a position on independence’
GAA Congress: Motion passed doubling suspensions for misbehaviour at underage matches
Kerry hurlers get go ahead for automatic promotion to Munster Championship should they win Joe McDonagh Cup
Referees should show ‘zero tolerance’ to abuse, says Larry McCarthy
GAA President has made respect a theme of his reign and focused on topic at annual congress
Jarlath Burns secures unexpectedly emphatic victory to become president-elect of the GAA
The former Armagh player will take up office in 12 months’ time
Tiger Woods back with a bang; GAA Congress to tackle indiscipline culture
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