Mulvihill's successor to be announced next week

GAA director general: The successor to Liam Mulvihill as director general of the GAA will be announced next week.

Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna; player welfare officer Pauric Duffy; and Pat Gilroy, managing director of Dalkia Ireland and current St Vincent's footballer, are the three remaining candidates.

A three-man interview panel - consisting of GAA president Nickey Brennan, Con Hogan and Seán Silke - have completed the process and will present their final decision to the GAA management committee for ratification.

An extraordinary management committee meeting will be required as there is not one scheduled over the next two weekends. By which stage the 17th director general, also known as general secretary, should be in the public domain.

Central Council empowered the management committee to ratify the final decision, but it is widely expected to be a straightforward process as the Brennan, Hogan and Silke subcommittee was entrusted to unearth Mulvihill's successor.

Hogan, the former Tipperary County Board chairman, and Silke, a hurling All-Ireland winner with Galway in 1980, work in human resources.

Mulvihill is expected to leave Croke Park early next year when the transition process is complete.

Meanwhile, Brennan has announced details of a five-year GAA strategy in Britain. This framework for the approach to Gaelic games in Britain has been formulated and published by the association's strategy group in Britain, under the chairmanship of Cork's Christy Cooney - who was Brennan's rival for the presidency.

A statement read: "In a 2002 census it was established that there are 750,000 Irish-born people in Britain. Currently the GAA has 93 GAA clubs across Britain, all fielding adult teams and about a third fielding underage teams under the British Council of the GAA, which has the status of a provincial council. The strategy plan is based around seven themes following widespread consultation.

"They include structures and governance, the games, schools and colleges, grounds, physical development, culture and heritage, promotion and marketing, resources and finance and relationship with Ireland."

Clare Camogie are staging a seminar entitled "Together, Raising the Banner" next Saturday at the Auburn Lodge Hotel in Ennis. Chaired by Sinead O'Connor, sponsorship and finance manager of the Camogie Association, guest speakers include Cork's All-Ireland hurling winning player and manager Donal O'Grady and Galway's two-time winning manager Cyril Farrell. Both will focus on development structures.

The "success stories" section will include contributions from dual player Mary O'Connor, Tipperary's Emily Hayden and current All-Ireland winning Wexford manager Stella Sinnott.