The Taghmon-Camross clubman received 169 out of the 277 delegate votes, beating Tipperary's Ger Ryan and John Murphy of Sligo on the first count.

Here, we have a look at the topics likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

GAA President Jarlath Burns will speak exclusively to The Late Late Show after a rollercoaster first year in office.

Sean Brown, 61, was abducted and killed by loyalist paramilitaries as he locked the gates at Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Club in Co Derry in May 1997.

This week's As I Roved Out column looked back on the visit of GAA President Jarlath Burns to Carlow to help launch the video encouraging blood donations in the memory of Oisin Kelly

Jarlath Burns was in Carlow on Tuesday as a video was launched in the memory of Oisin Kelly which encourages people, particularly GAA patrons, to donate blood