Camogie Association calls special congress over Skorts controversy

The Camogie Association has announced it will call a special congress at Croke Park on May 22nd to resolve the skorts controversy.

A recent survey shows 83 percent of inter-county players would prefer to wear shorts instead of skorts or be given a choice.

A protest by Dublin and Kilkenny players last weekend resulted in the game almost being called off.

Cork and Waterford camogie teams also confirmed they intend to wear shorts at this Saturday's Munster Senior Final.

Dublin camogie player Aisling Maher has welcomed the news.

“I really welcome the news that Camogie are recognising how significant this issue is for players, that they've obviously realised that postponing this issue until 2026, never mind 2027, is just not seen enough. So I really welcome news that it'll be addressed this year,” she told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.

Ms Maher said she was hopeful that delegates will have re-evaluated the situation and that the vote at the special congress will be representative of how players really feel.

“I would hope that this can be dealt with in a common sense way. Obviously, the conversation that we had at the time of our game against Kilkenny last weekend was that if we proceeded in shorts, the game would be abandoned.

“I know a number of games have since been held at club level in a number of the counties where the approach that has been taken has been to ask the ref to note any players that are wearing shorts and as it is in breach of present playing rules to report it to the county board or the organisation that's governing the game at that time.

“So I would like to think that the players in Cork and Waterford who have made it very clear that they want to play their Munster final on Saturday in shorts, that they'll