Fogarty Forum: Debt of gratitude owed to Eugene McGee

It was appropriate that former GAA president Liam O’Neill who appointed McGee 12 years ago endorsed the new FRC’s work on Saturday. McGee, who passed away five years ago, would have been proud too.

DEBT OF GRATITUDE: Eugene McGee at the launch of the Second Report of the Football Review Committe in 2013. Pic: Sportsfile.

Before “Amhrán na bhFiann” marked the end of last Saturday’s Special Congress, GAA president Jarlath Burns requested the present Football Review Committee (FRC) members come to the top of the conference hall in the Hogan Stand and called for a round of applause.

“I’m going to ask them all to come up now and stand – we have never done this before – so we can pay tribute to each one of them,” said Burns, before reading out all of members’ names. “To those of you still in the building, I think it’s important that we all demonstrate our gratitude to you for the work that you have done.”