GAA: Griffen: Our code is in danger if we fail to act; GAA LAUNCH NEW HURLING DEVELOPMENT PLAN.(Sport) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: December 14, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: By PAUL KEANE

WEXFORD legend Liam Griffin has warned GAA chiefs that hurling faces a long, long road to redemption.

Griffin says that the game has become a poor relation of the far more popular code of football.

In fact, the 1996 All- Ireland winning Wexford boss claimed that trying to promote hurling is like 'inventing a new game for half the country'.

Griffin was speaking following yesterday's launch of the GAA's new Hurling D...

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