Sexuality no issue as Brennan bemused at feedback to speech

Dublin defender Ger Brennan can’t understand why so much was made of his “boyfriends” reference in his All-Ireland senior club final acceptance speech last month.

Brennan captained St Vincent’s in the final win over Castlebar Mitchels and in his address afterwards thanked the “girlfriends, boyfriends of the players and everyone involved”. He said: “I have been asked subsequently about what I said following the game and I was quite surprised to hear how much media attention it picked up because no forethought really went into it.

“Going into a final, and maybe other captains of teams will relate to this, I think it’s bad luck to be planning speeches. When I was speaking I was speaking quite openly and generally and that’s the type of person that I am.