Irish sports adopting a more relaxed attitude to the vuvuzela

OPPOSITION to the dreaded vuvuzela is beginning to escalate in England but sporting organisations here in Ireland are, in general, taking a more laissez-faire reaction to the ear-splitting plastic airhorn that provided the soundtrack to the first African-hosted World Cup.

The GAA did announce in the midst of the FIFA event that vuvuzelas were banned from Croke Park and that any spectators seen using the ‘instrument’ would it confiscated but that decree has not been adopted nationwide.

“We made a call on Croke Park alone but other grounds are entitled to act to remove or ban them if they see fit,” said GAA spokesman Alan Milton yesterday.