The GAA aren't doing enough to promote hurling in weaker counties according to Laois manager Seamus Plunkett.

Following last night's 0-19 to 4-17 qualifier defeat at the hands of Dublin, 'Cheddar' took aim at the association's top brass.

"There is an opportunity in Laois at the moment to do something absolutely brilliant," he told the42.ie.

"There are a lot of businesses out there trying to flog products and they don't have the natural customers that you see in this field at the minute.

"I've presented it to enough people at GAA headquarters and everywhere else I can do it.

"But for some reason they just close their eyes to this and that is just incredibly disappointing.

"It's time for somebody here to wake up and decide how this things is going to be done better.

"What is the objective here? Is the objective to have an All-Ireland championship with four counties for the next 30 or 40 years, which we've had for the last 40? Is that what is is?

"Let these people stand up and be honest if that's what they want. Let us all go away and we'll do something else.

"If the vision is to grow hurling in counties like this, where there's a fantastic opportunity at this minute to do it, let them stand back and say that what's gone before hasn't worked enough here. Let's do something different.

"Let's go into these counties and talk to them and decide what we can do.

"It hasn't happened and I've no confidence that it's going to happen either lads, to be honest with you."

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