Harte: Croker’s ‘Operation Killjoy’ misguided

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte has compared the manner in which the GAA prevented supporters onto the Croke Park pitch after the All-Ireland SHC final as akin to “an anti-riot squad policing a militant and potentially dangerous gathering.”

Harte, a vociferous opponent of the development, also took exception to the post-match declaration of the GAA’s Director of Communications, Lisa Clancy, that the success of their attempts had been as a result of a media campaign, dismissing it as “former Eastern Bloc-style communication masquerading as something supposedly democratic”.

The three-time All-Ireland winning boss believes the GAA are misguided in stopping fans celebrating on the pitch.