Is our rush to return to GAA action a risk worth taking?

The irony is that an organisation which was front and centre in aiding communities through the lockdown has the potential to revive the virus

DESTINATION UNKNOWN: Concerns are mounting over the return of GAA clubs to competitive action. PHOTO: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE

In the end it took someone at the coalface of GAA activity to reduce the debate about games and participation to first principles.

You may have seen the comments from Glanworth GAA chairman Liam Brennan in yesterday’s Irish Examiner. Speaking to Eoghan Cormican of this parish, Brennan sketched out the facts behind a positive covid result in the club. He pointed out that the player in question had travelled down from Dublin but hadn’t togged out with the team because he felt unwell, thus limiting his contacts within the club.