Last Saturday's Central Council meeting made a number of key decisions pertaining to motions which had been referred from Congress and matters arising from the Hurling 2020 Report.

The meeting turned down a proposal to issue squad numbers to players prior to the commencement of the championships. It also rejected a Clare motion that sought to prevent the award of any exclusive coverage of championship games to Sky Sports when the next media rights are negotiated in 2017.

Central Council decided that replays of All-Ireland semi-finals do not have to be played at Croke Park after the furore that surrounded the decision to stage last year's football semi-final between Kerry and Mayo in the Gaelic Grounds. It was also announced at the meeting that the 2016 World Games will be played in Ireland from August 7-14.

In relation to the Hurling 2020 Report, it was decided to proceed with the appointment of a Director of Hurling, to work with an external consultancy organisation to produce a best practice template as a blueprint for all counties in efforts to develop hurling and to work as a matter of urgency for the standardisation of the sliotar.

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