Vote on women's right to wear shorts to be held

The Camogie Association has reacted to nan contention complete players being forced to deterioration skorts arsenic opposed to shorts by calling a Special Congress for 22 May to ballot connected nan issue.

The Kilkenny and Dublin teams were forced to alteration into skorts earlier past weekend's Leinster Championship semi-final aft taking to nan section wearing shorts.

Both sides were told by nan referee that nan crippled would beryllium abandoned if nan players did not change.

A ballot will return spot astatine nan Special Congress which if passed, will springiness players nan action of wearing skorts aliases shorts from 24 May.

"The Special Congress is being called to see motion(s) to supply each players pinch nan prime to deterioration skorts aliases shorts while playing camogie," said a Camogie Association statement.

"The relation had projected to woody pinch this rumor astatine adjacent year's Congress but having listened to subordinate feedback, nan relation recognises that waiting until 2026 is not acceptable for many."

Previous attempts to alteration nan skort norm did not walk astatine nan Camogie Association's Annual Congress successful 2024.

Camogie is governed by nan Camogie Association of Ireland, which is intimately linked to nan Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and alongside nan Ladies Gaelic Football Association is scheduled to formally merge into nan wider GAA successful 2027.

Camogie Association president Brian Molloy said connected Thursday: "Our extremity is to deliver, arsenic quickly arsenic possible, a best-in-class playing azygous designed for female players and allowing for individual choice."

Following nan stance taking by nan Kilkenny and Dublin teams successful past Saturday's crippled astatine Blanchardstown, Cork and Waterford players person said that they will deterioration shorts successful Saturday's Munster Senior Final.

A number of Dublin nine teams person worn shorts successful fixtures this week aft nan county's camogie committee told referees to let games to proceed moreover if players didn't deterioration skorts.

Dublin skipper Aisling Maher described past weekend's section arsenic a "career low" adding that she was "sick of being forced to deterioration a skort that is uncomfortable and unfit for purpose".