The boffins behind the Hawk Eye technology have accepted the blame for the bizzare failure that saw Limerick miss out ona vital point during Sunday's All Ireland minor semi-final.

After holding talks with GAA officials today, the Hawk Eye team have taken full responsibility for the error, which saw Limerick's Barry Nash denied a clear score in the opening minutes.

The company have revealed that one of the settings at Croke Park was still calibrated for football instead of hurling, which was the reason for the faulty reading.

Hawk Eye says it wishes to apologise to the GAA and its supporters and to reassure them that the system will be fully reliable for all future games.

The central executive of the Limerick County Board are currently formulating an appeal against the result.

The team coach for the Limerick minors, Jerry Wallace has told tonight's Off the Ball on Newstalk that they will seek to appeal the result and hopes that Galway would consider offering them a replay.

Statement issued on behalf of Hawk-Eye Innovations Limited: 

"Hawk Eye is committed to maintaining its position as the premier score detection system in the world.

During the game between Limerick and Galway at Croke Park on Sunday last, conflicting readings were displayed by the Hawk Eye system.

This was due to an error in match day set up on the part of the Hawk Eye team.

All of the settings were adjusted to cater for hurling, bar one value for the Hill 16 end posts, which was set for football.

Steve Carter, the Managing Director of Hawk Eye Innovations, met with the representatives of the GAA at an urgent meeting this evening. He explained the cause of the malfunction and the operational steps being taken, under his personal supervision, by the Hawk Eye team to ensure there will be no repetition.

Sony Hawk Eye wishes to apologise to the GAA and its supporters and to reassure them that the system will be fully reliable for all future games."