Fogarty Forum: Hurling shouldn't need cheap validation to feel the love

If hurling was truly loved, it wouldn’t need development committee after development committee.

Clare’s Tony Kelly scores his side’s third goal of the All-Ireland hurling final against Cork. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

In his first All-Ireland senior final acceptance speech, GAA president Jarlath Burns acknowledged hurling’s new audience.

A former Gaelic football pundit on BBC, he spoke to the viewers who had been tuning in from across the Irish Sea as this absorbing game was shown live on BBC2 for the first time.