GAA ladies have little to cheer

LAST Sunday, the Cork ladies’ football team achieved a momentous three-in-a-row all-Ireland senior titles.

Unlike previous Sundays in Croke Park, where supporters, family and friends were allowed onto the field to congratulate their heroes, we were confined to our seats. Everyone was fighting for a vantage point to see the presentation, but supporters in the Cusack Stand could only look over at the figures made tiny by distance in the Hogan Stand.

I know of three people — one not so young — who fell from their seats while trying to see the presentation. My daughter got a kick in the head from a man who was not taking no for an answer and jumped over the stewards into the field, kicking her as he leapt. It was frustrating, dangerous and unfair.