The big interview with Tracey Kennedy: The art of seeing the bigger picture

She has overcome obstacles, from shyness to cancer to advancing in the once male-dominated bastion of the GAA committee room. So thriving as the first female chair of Cork County Board won’t faze Tracey Kennedy. But she does want to represent females in the GAA and be an effective voice for inclusiveness and change...

Tracy Kennedy reads 50 books a year. This year, she has only read 35. The year isn’t over yet, but it hasn’t been a normal year.

For one thing, she’s been acclimatising to a big, new job, since before she became the first woman to chair Cork GAA and only the second to ever hold such a position on a county committee.