The Munster Council of the GAA will discuss at its meeting on Thursday night the fallout from the Ger Loughnane interview on Clare FM, but it will not take any immediate action.
The chairman of the Munster Council, Sean Kelly from Kerry, yesterday confirmed that it would be a normal meeting of the full council, dealing with "domestic matters" such as fixture lists. But he acknowledged that Loughnane's interview last week would come up for discussion.
"Yes, we will consider the fallout from that and decide on any further action," he said. Kelly indicated that Loughnane's wide-ranging criticism of the Munster Council in the interview and in subsequent interviews would be studied.
It is possible that a charge of "bringing the association into disrepute" may be levelled at Loughnane. The Munster Council consists of two delegates from each of the six Munster counties, four representatives from the schools, one from handball and five elected officers - a total of 22 members.
It appears that the Waterford and Kilkenny teams for Sunday's second All-Ireland semi-final hinge on injury problems.
Waterford are expected to name their side later this evening and hopes are high that talented centre forward, Ken McGrath, will be fit enough to take his place.
McGrath injured an ankle in the quarter-final against Galway but has responded well to treatment and is expected to be selected.
The Waterford squad trained at a "secret" venue in west Cork at the weekend and watched the Clare versus Offaly match on television. Yesterday, the manager, Gerald McCarthy, said Waterford were impressed with the match.
"We knew what to expect from Clare," he said.
"Having played them twice we were not surprised about their fitness and commitment, but Offaly surprised everybody.
"They really played very well and might be said to be unlucky not to have won, but they will not easy to beat.
"They were well beaten by Kilkenny in the Leinster final and were not at all impressive against Antrim but they improved dramatically from those two matches and gave Clare a real fright."
Two Waterford substitutes are nursing injuries.
Mark O'Sullivan injured a leg in a club match and Ger Harris has a hand injury but both are expected to be able to take their places on the bench. Kilkenny's injury list has lessened. Worries about the fitness of Charlie Carter, Willie O'Connor and Pat O'Neill have abated and all three are expected to be included when the team is finalised tonight or tomorrow night.
Kilkenny have been encouraged by the splendid challenge of Offaly on Sunday and believe that the standard of the Leinster championship this year has not been as poor as many were suggesting.
Croke Park has announced that tickets for the Hogan Stand will be available for £18 each from the shop across the road from 9.30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Admission to all other parts of the ground will be gained at the turnstiles.
Interest in the match is reported to be intense in Waterford, particularly.
They have not appeared in such an important match since 1963, when Kilkenny beat them in the final after they had beaten Tipperary in the semi-final.
The attendance on Sunday was 37,124 and Croke Park are hoping for a crowd of 45,000 this weekend, given the interest of Waterford fans and the fact that Waterford and Kilkenny are more populated than Clare and Offaly.
The drawn match will enable the GAA reap more than £400,000 above what they had bargained for and it is certain that the final will, regardless of the pairing, be a sellout. Given that and the fact that the four football semi-finalists - Derry, Galway, Kildare and Kerry - are well-supported, it seems certain that the GAA will report gate receipts this year.
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