O’Neill: Football is ‘wonderful’

GAA president Liam O’Neill has strongly defended his commitment to Gaelic football and admitted his shock at the reaction to his misinterpreted Congress comments.

Announcing Offaly’s 1982 All-Ireland winning manager, Eugene McGee, as chairman of his Football Review Group, the Laois man expressed disappointment at how his “boring” remark about the overuse of the hand-pass and defensive tactics was translated as a slight against the game.

“I’m on record before as saying Gaelic football is a great game,” said O’Neill.