Galvin hearing set for tomorrow

The fate of Kerry captain Paul Galvin is expected to be known in the coming days after the GAA confirmed that a newly-constituted Central Hearings Committee will re-hear Galvin's case tomorrow evening.

The fate of Kerry captain Paul Galvin is expected to be known in the coming days after the GAA confirmed that a newly-constituted Central Hearings Committee will re-hear Galvin's case tomorrow evening.

The meeting is likely to take place at Croke Park.

Speaking at a sponsorship launch today, GAA Director General Paraic Duffy and incoming President Christy Cooney would not be drawn on the make-up of the committee but confirmed that the case with be heard tomorrow night.

"The Paul Galvin hearing will take place tomorrow evening at CHC level," Duffy explained.

Cooney added: "We have only finalised proposals around the newly-constituted committee this morning and we won't be divulging the names of the committee members in advance of the hearing.

"It's a one-off new grouping just specifically for this case. Paul will be given the opportunity to have a personal hearing but that is down to himself."

Duffy confirmed that although discipline will be on the agenda for a Special Congress at Croke Park in early October, there are no proposals to change the system at present.

"This isn't the time to look at putting a new system in place, that is for the end of the championship.

"We are always looking at how systems can be improved, but there are no specific proposals in place to change it," he said.

Despite the prolonged scenario in relation to the Galvin case, Duffy has been reasonably happy with the GAA's disciplinary system to date in 2008.

"I don't want to really say too much about the Paul Galvin case. I think that this year we have dealt with cases as quickly as we could.

"There have been some instances that players have decided to wait until going to the next stage and that is their right.

"But I think the GAA now has systems in place where cases can be dealt with very, very quickly," he added.

"For example, if an incident occurs at a weekend, a player can have a hearing within a couple of days and it can go to appeals within a couple of days.

"I accept that the Galvin situation is rather different but there are systems in place that allow the cases to be heard very, very quickly if a player chooses to do that."

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