Larry Ryan: Pundits safe for now after another GAA justice coup

In the GAA's justice system, is the system more important than the justice?

Watching brief: RTÉ analysts Shane Dowling and Liam Sheedy, left, with presenter Joanne Cantwell during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 3 match between Limerick and Tipperary at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

I think we all know what really happened in the halls of hurling discipline this week. On Tuesday, the GAA launched a new partnership with Google, a laudable initiative geared towards curbing online bullying, particularly of young players.

But weren’t we warned, just days earlier, that Google’s software is becoming sentient? One of their own lads was sent packing, over in San Fran, for raising the alarm, for telling us that the algorithms now have feelings and emotions, are thinking outside their search boxes, and will be one step ahead of us shortly.