GAA crowd control - Third warning means habits must change

MORE than 100,000 people attended various GAA matches over the weekend confirming the pre-eminent position of Gaelic games in our culture.

The biggest crowd was at Croke Park where 56,496 people saw Dublin beat Louth in the Leinster football championship and, in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 42,853 people saw Tipperary beat Cork in the Munster Championship — in Cork for the first time in 86 years.

This win represents a milestone for Tipperary hurling but the game could have been remembered for far more tragic reasons but for the quick and decisive intervention of gardaí and crowd control stewards.