Ten teams have been removed from this year's All-Ireland Intermediate and Premier Junior All-Irelands as the Camogie Association has been directed that each county can only field one team.
The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media informed the association on Thursday evening that due to public health guidance during Level 5, sporting organisations would have to limit the number of teams in operation in an effort to minimise travel and congregation.
It means that Galway, Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary's 'second' teams have been removed from the intermediate championship, while Offaly, Wexford, Waterford, Limerick and Clare have had to withdraw from the premier junior championship.
The directions state that each county can now field just one team in the All-Ireland competitions in each code across Gaelic games - however, this only impacts on camogie, as neither the Gaelic football, hurling nor Ladies football All-Ireland competitions contain second teams.
As a result, the All-Ireland Intermediate and Premier Junior Championships will be redrawn upon confirmation of participation from the teams involved, and details of revised fixtures will be issued next week. Results from this weekend’s remaining fixtures will be carried forward into these competitions.
The All-Ireland Senior Championship will proceed as originally planned.
The Camogie Association will release full details of the revised competition structures in due course.
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