Wet, wet, wet: how the GAA squelched its way through early season weather woes

It wasn't your worst fears. It actually was the wettest January since 2018 and the 18th wettest on record. February wasn't any better, cranking up the stress and pressure to find pitches to train and play. Is this Ireland's forever weather woe and is the future synthetic?

SOAKED: A common sight as clubs and counties attempted to get seasons up and running only to be foiled night after night by unplayable pitches. It’s not just a GAA or an Irish problem — it’s as global concern. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

JUST over a decade ago, Kieran Donaghy was asked by PST Sport managing director Colin Teahon to come in and give a motivational talk to staff on the importance of teamwork and honesty in the workplace.

Once he’d delivered his talk, Donaghy took a seat down the back of the room and listened to Teahon’s presentation on the amount of square metres of artificial grass PST Sport had installed in 2015 and how it would be busier again the following year for the company.