Mullane has described the dismal attendance present for last Sunday's semi-final victory over Ulster as "soul-destroying" and insists that more needs to be done to revive and promote the ailing competition. 

And Mullane has suggested that a charity such as St Vincent de Paul should benefit from what he promises will be a "competitive" final against Leinster at Semple Stadium (7.45pm). 

Going forward, Mullane believes that the GAA should bring on board two charities - one for hurling and one for football - with the interpros run off over the course of a weekend at a GAA club venue similar to the Fitzgibbon Cup weekend. 

Then, he believes, attendance figures would rise considerably and he cited the example of the racehorse trainer Jim Bolger's Hurling for Cancer Research game which has proven a huge success over the last five years, raising an estimated €500,000 in that time. 

Mullane said: "The players want to play it and are mad to play it so why don't the GAA look to get two charities on board every year - one for hurling and one for football? 

"It's up to them to promote it then - get their dates and get bums on seats.

"I played in the Jim Bolger match and the way he goes about is the way they (GAA) should operate.

"There was more at his match than there was at our match in Thurles on Sunday - and we had the cream of the crop playing. 

"We trained for the last three Wednesdays and had very good attendances at all three sessions. 

"It's a big thing for the players to represent their provinces but Sunday was soul-destroying - 100 people there to watch the likes of Seamie Callanan, Bubbles O'Dwyer, Paudie Maher, Diarmaid Byrnes, Noelie Connors, Anthony Nash, the cream of the crop. 

"You'd get more going to a club game on a Thursday night and this has to be promoted more and given a decent date within the calendar. 

"There are suggestions they could run the weekends off on the Friday and Saturday before the All-Ireland finals so get two charities on board ever year and let them drive it then."

Mullane fears that the interprovincial series is slowly "dying a death" and he added: "Some of these hurlers, they're more than just GAA players now, they're role models, part of the Irish identity. 

"They're big names in Irish sport and we can't get people to attend games? 

"Jim Bolger gets a crowd every year, does well, raises money for charity. If he's able to go and achieve it, I can't see why, within GAA circles, we should leave this competition die a death. 

"It would be great on Thursday night, with nothing happening, that we could get the go-ahead from Croke Park within the next 48 hours and all the funds would go to St Vincent de Paul. 

"It will be a competitive match, two decent sides going at it hammer and tongs, and all they're looking for is an increased attendance."