EVERYBODY recognises how important sport is to society but that value isn’t always reflected in the support it gets from political institutions.

LAST week I headed for Strasbourg for the official opening of the new European Parliament. On the plane from Farranfore I met former Kerry footballer Enda Galvin from Finuge.

THREE years ago, after Kerry had given Mayo a terrible drubbing for the second time in three years, I was speaking at a function up in Mayo.

THE Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Meagher Cups were played in Croke Park on Saturday. It was a good occasion with high scoring games and a rare opportunity for many of those players to play at GAA headquarters.

THERE were so many games taking place last weekend that it was difficult to keep track of them all.

THINGS are moving on at pace between the GPA and the GAA.

SUNDAY’S Munster Football finals were probably the last big inter-county games to be played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh this year.

THE Munster football final is over and Cork are champions for the 36th time.

AS PART of its celebration of 125 years of the GAA, the Munster Council in partnership with the Irish Examiner are selecting the best 15 players in hurling and football over the last 25 years.

WHEN I wrote on Tuesday that the GPA were opening a can of worms and that there would be many anxious eyes strained to see what emerges,I had a feeling that the story was going to grow and grow.