Letters to the Editor: Jarlath Burns' regrettable response to Palestine protest in Croke Park

Reader takes issue with the GAA president's comments comparing the protest at congress with Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine

Fachtna O’Raftery writes: 'He forgets that loyalist terrorists and the British state punished people north and south for breaking the 'unwritten rules' with bullets. Just like Zionists do today...' Picture: Nick Elliott/Inpho 

It was regrettable that Jarlath Burns compared the protest [against the] GAA accepting sponsorship from a company blacklisted for buying Israeli war bonds, to the illegal occupation of Palestine. 

Even more shockingly, he referenced his own experience of the Troubles as a reason for being above the calls from many organisations and GAA members to stop accepting blood money.