Buttimer a GAA man to the core

The week a politician discloses his sexuality to the public, you’d imagine a quiet couple of days would be in order.

Out of sight out of mind. At home with a DVD box-set of The Killing II, a box of chocolate Kimberleys and drawn curtains. That’s how most of us would organise the weekend. We’re in the 21st century, but still.

Given the media focus on Jerry Buttimer after revealing last week he was gay, he’d have been forgiven for staying indoors once he headed back to his Cork constituency last Thursday.