‘Rural Ireland is on its last legs’
Conor Cooney has warned that rural Ireland is on “it’s last legs’” and called on the GAA to play its part in addressing the crisis by investing more in clubs that are struggling for numbers, resources and, in too many cases, their very lives.
A member of the St Thomas’ side that will meet Ballyhale Shamrocks in Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling final in Croke Park, the Galway star has seen how the flight from the countryside of both people and capital has blighted the association and the wider landscape.
