Things disqualifying me from final duty

You know there was a bit of a fuss last week about the appointment of the All-Ireland football final referee. (I am speaking here in the blandest possible terms here).

Things disqualifying me from final duty

You know there was a bit of a fuss last week about the appointment of the All-Ireland football final referee. (I am speaking here in the blandest possible terms here). But do you know how an All-Ireland final referee is actually picked? Below is a sample interrogation of a candidate, to give you an idea of the depth of the process.

Where did you holiday as a child? What county specifically? Did you ever express any happiness in that county? Did you ever express any happiness in any county you passed through on the way to that county? Did you ever accept a free ice-cream in that county? Did you ever drop that free ice-cream on the ground and cry and beat your fists on the ground and say you would never forgive that county? Ever?

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