Galway officials are seeking a meeting with GAA president Christy Cooney as the row over the venue for Saturday week's Bord Gais All-Ireland U21HC final continues to rage.

Galway are up in arms over the fact that they have face Tipperary in their own backyard of Semple Stadium in the decider and are adamant that the final should be moved to a neutral venue. However, the GAA has pointed out that Semple Stadium was chosen as the venue at the start of the year and it just so happens that Tipp have qualified for the final.

Galway Hurling Board chairman Joe Byrne said they were demanding the meeting because they felt they were not being listened to.

"We are not going to let this go," he told the Irish Examiner.

"We made representations straight after the semi-final. We wrote to the management committee on Tuesday and have not heard anything. At this stage Galway want a meeting with Christy Cooney and Páraic Duffy and we want to discuss this with them. Time is running out but there is still time to move this game to a neutral venue.

"There have been incidents this year such as Meath's win over Louth and the goal Down got against Kildare last week where the GAA was powerless to do anything about the injustices. There was no form of redress. But this is different; there is a way to prevent something unfair happening.

"We are very unhappy with the way this has been handled and we want to meet the president and director general and get them to help sort it out." Tweet

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