Harte slams negativity

Mickey Harte has made a strong defence of modern-day Gaelic football, claiming it is just as exciting now, if not more so, than it was in previous decades.

In the face of criticism about overuse of the hand-pass and the blanket defence from officials such as GAA director general Páraic Duffy and new president Liam O’Neill, the Tyrone manager said he is appalled by the negativity.

He said he knows of no other organisation “in business or sport or anywhere else” that “decries their own product”.