‘The GAA owes no major thanks to the Government’

Leinster vice-chairman Pat Teehan last night condemned those Government figures who used last year’s Liam Miller charity game situation as a populist opportunity to slam the GAA.

In response to GAA director general Tom Ryan’s annual report at Congress in Wexford town, Teehan echoed Ryan’s unease at how politicians suggested public funding should only be provided to the GAA on the proviso they make available their grounds for other sports.