The LGFA yesterday reiterated its "extremely tough" decision, originally taken in March, to cancel the remainder of the PPS All-Ireland championships for 2020 (stock photo)The Ladies Gaelic Football Association has dashed any lingering student hopes that the Lidl post-primary school competitions might yet be completed. The LGFA yesterday reiterated its "extremely tough" decision, originally taken in March, to cancel the remainder of the PPS All-Ireland championships for 2020. In recent weeks, the players and team management of Moate Community School and Loreto Clonmel have intensified their campaign to rearrange the cancelled All-Ireland senior 'A' final. Both schools have gone public in calling on the LGFA to revisit the matter, while Moate student Shannon Mulvihill went even further, writing a letter to the new Minister for Sport, Catherine Martin. There was particular annoyance at the differing approaches taken towards the completion of some schools finals in boys' and girls' Gaelic football - a scenario publicly slammed as "sexist" by players from both camps.

Source: Irish Independent August 01, 2020 01:38 UTC