An argument worth having — not just in sport

This week Michael Moynihan tackles the controversial issue of gender equality in sport.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Dublin for the Sports History Ireland symposium in Boston College (that is not a misprint, by the way, the campus is on St Stephen’s Green: restrain yourself, pedants).

There was a focus on government sports policy on the night, and one of the men responsible for current policy in the area was present: Minister of State with responsibility for Sport, Patrick O’Donovan.