Still lining out with a political football

Michael Moynihan talks to Senator Joe O’Toole, a member of the GAA’s Management Committee and a director of the Croke Park stadium.

JOE O’TOOLE grew up steeped in the GAA. With Kerry football giants like Paddy Bawn Brosnan and Tom ‘Gega’ Connor populating his childhood in Dingle, Gaelic football wasn’t just the game. It was the soul of the place, as he says himself.

“Paidí O Sé’s brother Tom was in my class, so Paidí was ‘the child’, and football was discussed every day. Every single day.