Banning British sports contrary to spirit of Good Friday

THE views expressed by Cormac MacConnell (Irish Examiner, Oct 26) highlight the anti-sporting and sectarian attitudes that are alive and well in the GAA.

Banning British sports contrary to spirit of Good Friday

To suggest that the association deserves 10,000 from the government for every single euro given to soccer confirms the superiority that the GAA feels over other non-Irish sports.

To suggest that Croke Park should continue to be used to wear our "Gaelic badge" against the soccer-playing Brits in the North is an attitude best left behind in the bad old days of the Troubles, and not in the post-Good Friday Agreement days.

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