GAA chiefs claim RTÉ focus on Davy unfair

GAA chiefs have described RTÉ’s focus on Davy Fitzgerald’s language on Sunday as “highly unusual” while the Clare county board have asked whether all inter-county managers are being treated in the same manner as the Banner boss.

The broadcaster highlighted some of Fitzgerald’s controversial utterances, captured on microphone during the Munster SHC clash with Waterford, in their The Sunday Game review programme. A sequence from the afternoon’s game in which the Clare manager used expletives was rerun, albeit with the bad language bleeped out. Yesterday Croke Park sources indicated their unhappiness with the focus on Fitzgerald, asking whether the state broadcaster had adopted a selective approach in its treatment of the Clare hurling manager.

“It’s not RTÉ’s role to investigate such matters,” said a GAA source. “The focus on Davy seemed highly unusual, but investigating such matters is the role of the Central Competitions Control Committee.