Full time for political football?

WHEN the Labour Party subsumed Democratic Left into its numbers a couple of years ago, the photo opportunity of the day showed Labour boss Ruairi Quinn hugging Proinsias De Rossa in a gesture which could be interpreted as saying: welcome home, kid.

Little chance of the same happening with Christy Cooney and Dessie Farrell, maybe, but the end of the GAA-GPA staring match is in sight.

If you doubt it, you only needed to glance at the direction the GPA criticism was heading yesterday – it was directed not at Croke Park but at Kildare Street.