Respected GAA scribe O’Brien passes away

PEADAR O’BRIEN, whose death has occurred in Dublin after a short illness, was one of the best known sporting journalists in the country.

While in later years he specialised in Gaelic games in his role as GAA correspondent with the now defunct Irish Press – and subsequently with the Irish Sun – he also reported extensively on other sports at the highest level.

Aged 75, he spent the greater part of his working life with the Irish Press. And while he was the paper’s GAA specialist from 1979 to 1995, he had made his name prior to that reporting on cycling – covering numerous Rás Tailteann events – and boxing. And, during all these years he also reported on Gaelic games.