Hurling fans the losers in big match pile-up

LAST Sunday I set out from Cork to see the Tipperary v Limerick hurling match in Limerick.

I arrived on the outskirts of Limerick 75 minutes before the throw-in. Plenty of time — or so I thought.

But I hadn’t reckoned on the inability of the GAA or the gardaí to organise the basic logistics. Because of the traffic bottleneck, it took me, along with thousands of others, 90 minutes to proceed about five miles to the environs of the stadium at Ennis Road.