Mike Quirke: What’s with the borderline hysteria?

The shifting of All-Ireland finals from their traditional and spiritual dates in September is one of the boldest and most radical moves taken by the association since the inception of the qualifiers, and one that will help the club game, writes Mike Quirke.

What’s with the borderline hysteria? The massive social media traffic lambasting an ‘out of touch and disconnected’ Congress from its grassroots… the shock, the surprise, the drama. I mean, what exactly were people expecting?

Did you think that Congress 2017 was going to be the leopard that suddenly changed its spots?