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Most of them have been along the lines of ‘your friend Joe won’t be happy’.
I beg to differ. Of course, Joe was probably annoyed at being cut-off in mid-sentence. But when he woke up the next day and discovered everybody was talking about him, I imagine he wasn’t displeased.
A programme about the reunification of Ireland turned into a story about Joe Brolly.
All told, it wasn’t either RTE’s or Claire Byrne’s finest hour. Granted, I know how draconian the Irish defamatory laws are, but RTE ought to have known what to expect from Brolly.
Inter-county competition could commence on the weekend of May 15/16 after the Government sanctioned a return to training and games from April 19 as part of its updated loosening of current Covid restrictions this evening.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the return of inter-county training on that date, specifying that it would facilitate the playing of the Allianz League in May.
No firm decision on the competition structure for the season has been taken yet by the GAA though, with a new, much-shortened timeframe involved.
But with challenge games allowed from April 19 and a four-week pre-season expected, a five-round league still has a chance of being played between the middle of May and the middle of June.
DUBLIN GAA have suspended Dessie Farrell as their senior football manager for 12 weeks, following an internal investigation into the breach of Covid-19 lockdown rules and GAA training ban that occurred yesterday morning at the grounds of Innisfails GAA club in Clongriffin.