Tommy Martin: Threat of Fortnite can only be warded off by The Sunday Game theme tune

The introduction of the split-season has intensified the fear that by solving one problem the GAA has been bounced into another one: A self-inflicted media blackout for almost half the calendar

The Sunday Game host Joanne Cantwell. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

It was the weekend before Christmas and, all through the house, streamers and bunting were cleared away after a strange and special All-Ireland Championship.

With a sense of a hard job well done, the GAA shut up shop for a short Christmas break.