The 2021 GAA season: What we hope, we think, we know about a return to action

The GAA will have seven and a half months to formulate a revised master fixtures programme set to be released later this week. So what can be expected, predicted, and wished for?

The GAA will have seven and a half months to formulate a revised master fixtures programme set to be released later this week. So what can be expected, predicted, and wished for?

The recent figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre that indicates 0.1% of Covid-19 transmission occurs outside has given significant cause to question the Government’s cautious return to sport policy.

Carpooling, social mixing, and the use of indoor facilities around the playing of games are genuine concerns of the National Public Emergency Team (Nphet) but can’t most of these instances be avoided and are they so prevalent that they should postpone sport, particularly underage sport, any longer?