Cork GAA condemns use of Confederate flag at games

The Cork County Board has said it “outright condemns” the flying of the Confederate flag in support of the county’s GAA teams.

The use of the flag by some Cork fans has been the subject of criticism in the past but was again in the headlines this week after it was visible on Hill 16 during Cork’s defeat to Waterford in the All-Ireland hurling semi-final.

The use of the flag caused outrage on social media as it came just 24 hours after violence by white supremacists at a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the US left one woman dead and a number of people injured.