Cusack attacks ‘free-dinner merchants’ of the GAA

THE Gaelic Player’s Association secretary, Donal Óg Cusack, has launched a stinging attack on GAA chiefs and “lifelong free-dinner merchants” who continue to take players at all grades for granted.

Cork's All-Ireland winning goalkeeper a key figure in the Cork hurlers' revolt of 2002 issued a clear warning to the Association that players could take "direct action" unless there are real motions passed by next year's Congress recognising the GPA players' right and conditions.

That has been interpreted as a strike threat from the GPA, and could lead to a cooling in relations between the players' group and Croke Park.