‘In 2001, everybody worked in unison and for a communal cause’

Thursday's decision to adopt a blanket ban across all GAA-associated activities for at least the following 16 days brings to mind the four-week suspension that was imposed in 2001, writes John Fogarty.

Thursday's decision to adopt a blanket ban across all GAA-associated activities for at least the following 16 days brings to mind the four-week suspension that was imposed in 2001 arising from the first foot and mouth case on the island of Ireland in Armagh, writes John Fogarty.

GAA PRO Danny Lynch was having lunch on Wednesday, February 28 with then GAA director general Liam Mulvihill and president Seán McCague when he received a phone call he had been expecting and dreading.