The High Court has reserved judgment on an action by a Co Tipperary GAA player who wants to transfer to another club in Clonmel. Mr Patrick O'Donoghue (20), a Clonmel Og player, is suing Mr Tomas O Baroid, in his capacity as secretary of Tipperary GAA County Board, and Mr Sean Quirke, in his capacity as secretary of Clonmel Og Hurling and Football Club. He is seeking a transfer to Clonmel Commercials-St Mary's Club.
He wants declarations that Tipperary County Board in refusing his transfer acted in breach of the GAA's official guide rules and that the by-laws of the board infringe his constitutional right to freedom of association. The defendants deny they wrongly interpreted the relevant transfer rules.