John Fogarty: Scant regard for GAA among authorities

Friday’s details of the lockdown in Kildare, Laois, and Offaly well and truly confirmed the lowly place of Gaelic games in government circles

THUMBS UP: Four-year-old Kilmallock supporter Fiadh Earls strikes a pose ahead of Sunday’s Limerick SHC clash with Ahane at LIT Gaelic Grounds. Killmallock won 2-22 to 3-13. Picture: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

It’s the biggest cultural and sporting organisation in the country. Any right-minded politician should know its value for them and the country, and when it’s All-Ireland final time we all know how desperate they are to get their hands on tickets (hello, Michelle Mulherin).

Gaelic Games is essential viewing for TDs and senators if only because it is essential for many of them to be seen at them. They are the quintessential event junkies but you would have thought by now they might have picked up information as they went along to these occasions.