What is the future of hurling? 

The answer is to pay Liam Sheedy to oversee reform. He's the man for the job.

A lot of the problem with the development of Hurling is in the larger counties. I have seen it smaller counties are sneered at a hurling kid in Louth is just as committed as that same kid in Tipperary. They need funding and exposure 20 seconds on the TV is just not good enough otherwise this game will die

All sheedy could do was laugh at the end when cantwell called time on it. Rte were talking about this like they were going to give it some serious air time. They had barely introduced the guests and they were already wrapping it up ffs

"we have to think outside the box" (repeated 3 times) - jesus wept - do better with the people invited to give some insight on this super important topic

The solution is simple - offer a financial incentive to the players.

Is time to pair 2 counties with smaller populations of hurling together eg Westmeath and Louth or Laois and offaly?and then make it a home and away season of games for points on a league table like Australian rules football, with top 8 playing finals run it from April till October?

The standard of hurling in Cork at club level has dropped alarmingly over the last couple of decades. How long is it since a Cork club won the club All Ireland?

Hurling is a fantastic sport. I would have a Championship of 16 teams, 4 groups of 4. Top 2 into Liam McCarthy Cup. Bottom 2 into Christy Ring Cup. 16 teams should get a chance every year. Yes there will be some absolute annihilations but the teams form 17-32 have a third tier comp say the Cody cup.

Hurling is a brilliant game to watch, never played it myself though (rugby when I as a kid in school). What I got from this, as a not terribly well-informed outsider, is it sounds like the organization of the competitions and the season itself is seriously borked. The stuff about training seven months and then the season being over in a few games is bonkers. Fixing that does not need a big investment of money though, just a better arrangement of the fixture list.

5 counties in Munster. Kilkenny and to a lesser extent Dublin and to an even lesser extent Wexford in Leinster. Galway in Connaught and with all due respect to Antrim, they are not going to win an All Ireland any time soon. So realistically, you have, at most 8 teams with a chance of winning Liam. It is unsustainable in the modern era with so much else going on.

This is supposed to be our National game but it is not and never was. It was a spoof by the GAA to say this when Soccer and now Rugby are more popular today. I played hurling when I was young and loved it. I played hurling until I was 18 and was a reasonable player, sometimes good mostly mediocre, but still I loved it. The GAA love to portray hurling as a tough and dangerous game. It is nothing of the sort. When I played it I hardly ever got a serious injury just like the inter-county players hardly ever get injured. When I played soccer however, I got more serious injuries like leg breaks, lost teeth, concussion and much more. The GAA peddles "The Gael", peddles "Our Game", "We all belong" and the GAA is nothing of the sort for many Irish men and women. I wish the GAA would get off that horse. It's a tired strategy that does not work or apply to many many Irish people. Few counties play hurling and that's a real pity but for me and many others it his no match to Rugby or football(soccer)

Dublin,Kildare and Wicklow will dominate hurling on the near future due massive population growth.

If you help GAA Clubs develop, the counties will follow.

Hurling needs to be a compulsory subject in primary schools.Of course people will say won't make any difference they will grow to hate the game like the irish language some will but the fact that are exposed to a defining part of our culture is a success in itself and after school they do what they likebut atleast will have tried our national sport.Not every kid is involved in irish dancing but atleast most are exposed to it.

There are about 8 top flight hurling teams ...and a similar number in football? There is no significant social hurling network in many weaker counties like Longford ....by all means play and enjoy but beating Kilkenny is a pipe dream not for this generation.

I neck 9 pints, I always hurl, the future of hurling of secure. Don’t see what the problem is.

The problem is that the ruling orgs are only focussed on how they can benefit.

Is there actually a hurling club called Saint Feckens?

Hurling will never grow - will be lucky if the same counties are competitive in the next 20/30 years. Hurling is a niche sport with few top sides. This leads to parrish pump thinking. It will never attract many new people, the uptake of players is predominatel based on families/counties with a traditional grá for the game.

Amalgamate smaller counties, get the player numbers balanced between counties. No kid wants to follow losing teams. Asking a Tipp or Kilkenny person for advice is pointless.

Simple, scrap the championship and put 32 counties into 4 divisions with promotion and relegation, each county will have 14 games per season.

No room for women in these discussions.

Like the language of Irish, GAA has to go. It is actually now holding Ireland back in the world.