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Belfast Telegraph
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Camogie Assocation gives green light to wearing of shorts
The ballot on Thursday night saw 98% vote in favour of the change which will result in players across Ireland having the option of wearing shorts or skorts. There had been protests in recent weeks over whether camogie players should have the option of wearing shorts or skorts, leading to some matches being postponed or delayed. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Previous rules had dictated that camogie players must wear a skort during matches, which has the appearance of a skirt, but has built-in shorts underneath. Camogie is the female equivalent of hurling, a team-based field game played with a wooden stick called a hurl or hurley and a ball called a sliotar. The special congress meeting was held at Croke Park in Dublin. Camogie Association president Brian Molloy said: 'We are pleased to announce that delegates have voted by an overwhelming majority in favour of giving players greater choice in their playing attire. 'From midnight tonight, each individual player will have the option to wear skorts or shorts – adding choice while maintaining the professionalism and uniformity of our team kits in both colour and design. 'I want to sincerely thank our incredible volunteers for their ongoing support over the last few weeks, and to our delegates for voting on behalf of over 120,000 members, including 94,000 playing members.' A statement from the Gaelic Players' Association (GPA) welcomed the vote. It said: 'The GPA would like to put on the record our admiration for camogie players across Ireland and beyond, both at inter-county and club level, who made their voices heard to ensure this outcome. 'To our own membership who have led the campaign for choice, we salute your willingness to stand up for both yourselves, and future generations of camogie players. 'We thank the delegates who listened to players' call for choice. 'The last few weeks have once again shown the necessity of putting players at the heart of decision making within Gaelic Games.'
Irish Daily Mirror
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Daily Mirror
Patrick O'Donovan calls for calm but won't intervene in camogie skort row
Sports Minister Patrick O'Donovan has called for 'cool heads to prevail' in the ongoing row about camogie skorts but indicated that he will not intervene. It follows calls on him from the Gaelic Players' Association (GPA) to intervene and call for an 'immediate, interim relaxation of the rule' dictating that women cannot wear shorts while playing camogie. Last weekend's Dublin vs Kilkenny game was nearly called off last weekend as players initially refused to wear skorts. Cork and Waterford have both vowed to wear shorts in Saturday's Munster senior camogie final. The Camogie Association has announced that it will hold a special congress to examine the rules later this month. However, the GPA asked Minister O'Donovan to "use his influence to call for an immediate, interim relaxation of the rule, allowing for choice until the Camogie Special Congress has [the] opportunity to change the rule". Speaking on RTÉ's Drivetime, Minister O'Donovan said he would not like to see this weekend's game cancelled. However, he said the Camogie Association is an 'independent organisation " with its own rules and constitution. Mr O'Donovan said: 'As minister with responsibility for the department, I respect that. 'I respect the fact that they are an independent association with responsibility for looking after one of the most ancient games in the world.' He continued: 'The issue at heart here is the governance and structure of the organisation and I'm being asked to interfere in the rules of an organisation that have been set out quite clearly but have also been indicated very firmly that they're going to change in two weeks' time. 'What I would hope would happen is that cool heads would prevail here and that an opportunity for calmness would prevail here. 'The Camogie Association are constituted properly. They haven't done anything wrong with regard to their rules and they have set a process in place in terms of changing them.'
