GAA's case for 500 strengthens if everyone wears masks, says Professor Mary Horgan

Cappataggle supporter Louis Culhane watches on during the Galway SHC match against Loughrea at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe yesterday. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

When the GAA came calling, Professor Mary Horgan wasn’t going to say no. Her late father Declan was steeped in the organisation. One of the founders of Bord na nÓg in Kerry and the Kerry Association in Dublin, he taught Latin and English in St Vincent’s in Dublin and The Green CBS in Tralee.

Growing up a Rockie with Austin Stacks before moving to Cork, Horgan’s love for Kerry GAA has endured and when the GAA’s Covid-19 advisory group requested her expertise in the field of infectious diseases she was glad to assist. The invitation came via World Rugby Chief Medical Officer Dr Éanna Falvey who put Dr Seán Moffatt, the chairperson of the Gaelic Athletic Medics Association, in touch with her.