Why do sportswomen remain the poor relation to men?

Why does women’s sport still suffer for recognition, asks Paul Rouse

In sport, the past holds a tight rein on the present. The parameters defining patterns of play are long established and too entrenched to be easily shifted. The place of women in the Irish sporting world reveals this with repeated clarity.

And it is revealed in the most basic ways. Last Sunday, the streets and pubs around Croke Park were exploding with people who had no ticket. There was all manner of fancy signs soliciting assistance — and none appeared to be working.