Former president Peter Quinn now feels a GAA ‘outsider’

Former GAA president Peter Quinn says a disconnect between administration and grassroots certainly exists within the organisation if club players believe one does.

Former president Peter Quinn now feels a GAA ‘outsider’

The Fermanagh man held the highest office in the association between 1991 and 1994, but regards himself as “an outsider” nowadays.

He attended last Saturday week’s Congress where he sat at the back of the hall. He was entitled to vote and position himself closer to the top table alongside fellow iar-uachtaráin such as Mick Loftus, Seán Kelly, Nickey Brennan, Christy Cooney, and Liam O’Neill, but chose not to do either. “I didn’t vote. I had one of those new-fangled machines but I didn’t bother using it,” said Quinn.

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