GAA wants ‘Rose of Tralee coverage’ — Joe Brolly

Joe Brolly has hit back strongly at GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail’s criticisms of The Sunday Game, saying the association wants “Rose of Tralee coverage”.

In yesterday’s Irish Examiner, Ó Fearghail described discussion of games on RTÉ’s flagshow as being “predictable” and “tiresome”. Sunday Game analyst Brolly, in response to a tweet from Examiner GAA correspondent John Fogarty, pointed out that large viewing figures indicate that the public have sufficient interest in the views being put forward on the programme.

“They want Rose of Tralee coverage,” he wrote, “instead of the real stuff discussed by GAA folk in the stands & bars…which is what people want to hear. Judging by the 775,000 that tuned into RTE on Sunday past."