Former Armagh star Oisin McConville says he felt an over-riding emotion of devastation when learning last week that no GAA activity would take place until Easter at the earliest.

The Irish government confirmed last Wednesday inter-county GAA is no longer considered to be elite sport and therefore cannot take place while the current Level 5 restrictions are in place.

2002 All-Ireland winner McConville says he’s baffled by the decision.

"The biggest part of the confusion is why we were able to play the hurling and football championships last year and GAA inter-county players were regarded as elite sportspeople, but seven weeks later it is now no longer elite sport," the Crossmaglen native told BBC Sport Northern Ireland.

"There has been no notification of this until now and the lines of communication don't seem to be open between the two jurisdictions on the island. There hasn't been a lot of joined up thinking.

"The fact that the northern government was not considered in a 32-county organisation and was not involved will confuse and baffle people, especially this side of the border."

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