Mcdonagh finalists to have shot
GAA Special Congress delegates have voted against a proposed restructure of the Liam Maccathy Cup.
Motion 1 proposed to abolish the All-ireland SHC Preliminary quarter-finals which would have meant that the Joe Mcdonagh Cup finalists would no longer have an avenue into the Liam Maccarthy Cup, but it was defeated with 52 per cent of delegates voting against it.
Every other proposed Motion was passed by a majority of delegates.
Motion 3 which proposed to introduce tiered knock-out competitions for the All-ireland Minor Football Championship was supported by 93 per cent of delegates.
A motion 4 proposing the introduction of preliminary quarter-finals in the All-ireland Minor Hurling Championship that would involve the third and fourth placed teams in Munster and Leinster was supported by 94 per cent of delegates. This Motion also proposed Galway and Ulster teams, as agreed by the Ulster and Leinster Councils, would compete in the Leinster Minor Championship.
Motion 5, which proposed allowing provincial council to organise round-robin championships at U-20 level was supported by 95 per cent of delegates.
A motion stating that All-ireland finals must be played on or before the last Sunday in July was supported by 90 per cent of delegates.
Motion 9 was one of the more noteworthy on the day. That proposed achieving and maintaining a gender balance in the membership of the Central Council Management Committee was supported by 79 per cent of delegates.
Motion 10, which proposed reformatting the GAA’S Official Guide so that rules relating to procedures and policies would become the responsibility of Central Council rather than Congress and be known as ‘Codes’ was supported by 86 per cent of delegates.