Burns warns of invasion dangers

PITCH invasions at the final whistle of All-Ireland finals must become a thing of the past before tragedy strikes, the chairman of the GAA’s games presentation committee has warned.

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, former Armagh star Jarlath Burns hit back at criticism of the failed attempt to move the presentation of the Liam MacCarthy Cup from the Hogan Stand to the Croke Park pitch, following last Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Despite appeals beforehand to Kilkenny and Tipperary supporters not to encroach onto the pitch, crowds broke past security personnel, causing panic and forcing organisers to move the presentation to the Hogan Stand.