Kieran Shannon: Beyond Blackrock, the GAA as a whole has taken its eye off the ball

When NPHET allowed up to 200 into games again, the GAA pretty much left it to those spectators themselves as to where and how they could watch the game inside the ground

The last thing we expected after they had thrilled a national audience was that they would so quickly enrage one. But so turbulent are these times we live in, that turned out to be the case with Blackrock hurling club this past Sunday evening.

Only hours after winning the most dramatic of finals to seal the most magnificent of county hurling championships, the Cork club went from heroes to villains by how they welcomed their first county title in 18 years back to Church Road.