Eimear Ryan: There is much the GAA can learn from its female codes

We tend to think of the process of integration as a one-way street.

DOLAN DELIVERS: A late free from Galway’s Carrie Dolan broke Tipperary hearts in last weekend’s All-Ireland camogie semi-final at UPMC Nowlan Park. Pic: Bryan Keane/Inpho

THERE’S a certain debate doing the rounds in GAA circles about paths to finals: Whether your path was hard, soft, good, bad or indifferent, and whether it matters in the end, when finals are played and trophies lifted. 

Can Cork, for example, feel aggrieved that they did the hard work of knocking out the champions this year, just like they did in 2013, and still have no silverware to show for it?