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The Ladies Gaelic Football Assocation have deided to cancel the 2020 Lidl National Football Leagues for the season. 

Rugby for the 2019/20 season of the Guinness PRO14 has now been suspended on an indefinite basis due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and this year's final due to take place at Cardiff City Stadium on June 20 has been cancelled.

These are unprecedented times. I recall being on a panel on Radio One in January where I expressed my concern about the congesting of the GAA season and - in particular - playing games and fixing the majority of league games from late January through March, when the weather is so unpredictable.

“It is always difficult to explain the point of sport to those who do not like it. Non-aficionados will never be persuaded to take pleasure from ball skill or pace. But the level at which sport can be understood by anyone is as a story: as a narrative which must build to a decisive climax and in which character is revealed through actions.”

It is believed Galway United players and management have been informed their wages have been suspended as a result of the coronavirus hitting Ireland.

With the IRFU cancelling all rugby activity until at least March 29, Buccaneers Energia All-Ireland League Division 2A fixture at home to Nenagh Ormonde last Saturday was cancelled as is next week’s long haul to Ballymena.

John Dingle

As the country comes to a standstill, so must the current GAA season, and it remains to be seen how fixtures and competitions will be fulfilled this season.

As all sports organisations are treading unchartered waters, Galway GAA and local hurling clubs are facing unprecedented disruption, not just to a games' schedule, but to the rural and cultural life of their communities.

Galway City Harriers women claimed the winner's podium at the Irish Life Health National Indoor Senior Championships in Athlone Indoor Arena the weekend.