Kieran Shannon: GAA weekend reminds us the club is where it’s at

RTÉ, despite Morning Ireland having so little to say about GAA yesterday morning, have added to the profile of the club game by televising it live, supplementing what TG4 have been doing for over 20 years

Loughmore-Castleiney’s John McGrath celebrates with a supporter after the Tipperary SFC final win over Clonmel Commercials at Semple Stadium, Thurles, on Sunday. Picture: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

When it came to the sports bulletin yesterday on Morning Ireland, Darren Frehill and his team cut their losses. After leading with the FAI women’s FAI Cup final — a new departure to be welcomed — followed by mention of Ole Solskjaer’s sacking and an obligatory reflection on the Irish rugby team’s latest dismantling of southern hemisphere opposition, there wasn’t time to get through the club GAA action.

So Frehill advised us to check out RTÉ’s website for more details if we wanted to know exactly who it was the few teams he had mentioned had overcome and how.