Tradition trumps sense in age-old GAA conundrum

Aogán Ó Fearghail says he is going to be an ambassadorial President.

But Aogán Ó Fearghail has also said that he wants to tackle the GAA’s fixture crisis.

Therein lies a slight contradiction. That’s a bit like a new US President saying that apart from invading a few countries in the Middle-East, he is going to concentrate largely on domestic issues. Put simply, you can’t tackle GAA fixtures without unleashing a mini-apocalypse. Anyone seeking to retain friends and remain popular should stay a million miles away from this extremely thorny and sensitive issue.