John Fogarty: If counties aren't back training already, they're losing

John Fogarty: It’s fair to say GAA director Tom Ryan gets it. He gets the frustration at pitches being closed. He gets the disappointment. He also gets the fear about the return of action among players and supporters.

DOING HIS BIT: Gearóid Curtin at St Joseph’s Miltown Malbay GAA club in Clare after taking part in the ‘Miltown to Miltown 40,075km around the world’ fundraising event where locals walked, ran, and cycled to raise over €12,000 for eight local charities whilst sticking to their 5km limit. To donate go to gofundme.com/f/miltown-malbay-1000km-challenge. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

All those conflictions he articulated in this newspaper on Saturday. His understandable reluctance to expand on the difficulty he faced in endorsing the swingeing wage cuts for Central Council-contracted staff underlined how difficult it was for him.