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30 November 2024; GAA Football Review Committee member Éamonn Fitzmaurice during the GAA Special Congress 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Fitzmaurice: Rule tweaks will make for 'some spectacle'

Éamonn Fitzmaurice is hopeful that the proposed adjustments to the new rules which were so well received this year will be given the go ahead at Congress and, if so, the Kerry great is predicting "the inter-county game next season should be some spectacle".

Football • 03 Oct

Larry McCarthy (L) will preside over his last congress as GAA president before being replaced by Jarlath Burns in February

GAA Special Congress 2023 - the motions explained

It's a bonus edition of the GAA's annual decision-making jamboree at Croke Park on Saturday but there are just 11 relatively uncontroversial motions in all.

Football • 29 Sep 23

The Leinster SFC final looks set to maintain it's current summer spot in the calendar

Green means go as central council consider structures

The GAA's central council will meet on Saturday to consider the two proposals for potential Gaelic football reform with the green proposal set for significant backing.

GAA • 18 Jan 22

Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Larry McCarthy announces the result of Motion 19

Special Congress rejects football championship revamp

Special Congress has rejected the opportunity to revamp the All-Ireland football championship after voting to revert to the system last seen in 2017, with qualifiers and quarter-finals, but no Super 8s.

GAA • 23 Oct 21

Horan has come out in support of Proposal B

Horan calls for two-year trial of Proposal B option

Calls for Proposal A to be withdrawn ahead of Saturday's Special Congress and a two-year trial for Proposal B were made by former GAA president John Horan last night.

GAA • 19 Oct 21

Andy Moran was in attendance at Sunday's Leitrim SFC final between Mohill and Ballinamore

Moran says B proposal a 'huge positive for Leitrim'

New Leitirm manager Andy Moran tells RTÉ's Sunday Sport that the proposed B structure for the championship would be a "huge positive" for the Connacht side.

GAA • 17 Oct 21

More games will mean more money, according to a financial analysis of Option B

League-based All-Ireland potentially worth €10m to GAA

The GAA could be in line for an annual €10m gate receipt bonanza if it adopts the league-based Championship structure, known as Option B, at Special Congress on 23 October.

GAA • 13 Oct 21

Brian Fenton wants county boards to listen to the GPA

Fenton hopeful Congress will give counties more games

Dublin footballer Brian Fenton told RTÉ's Sunday Sport that he is hopeful the upcoming GAA Special Congress will lead to more games for all inter-county sides.

GAA • 10 Oct 21

Dublin's Stephen Cluxton has perfected the short kick-out

Burns doesn't expect any further change to kick-out

Jarlath Burns doesn't think that there will be a push to alter Gaelic football's kick-out rules further following the GAA's Special Congress at the weekend.

GAA • 02 Oct 17

The 2018 All-Ireland final will be played in August

How the GAA season might look in 2018

The decisions taken at the GAA's Special Congress at Croke Park on Saturday effectively divide the season into distinct sections.