Tag: Chris Crummey
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One brave warrior’s special day exposes GAA bluff
Early April, 1999, but it’s more like a day in November. Wind and rain sheet into the old disabled viewing area in Croke Park. The corner where the Nally Stand and Hill 16 meet. The kindly old Steward, Bobby, who da and I had got to know from years of being in and out, says…
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The real Super Sunday delivers but also highlights glaring unfairness
“I didn’t interrupt you, boy”. And there it was, Donal Og Cusack’s arrogant ignorance got in the way of meaningful analysis and reasoned debate. Worse still, he was let away with it by Joanne Cantwell. But then, how she ended up with the most prized job in Irish sports broadcasting ahead of either Jacqui Hurley,…
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Cats claw their way through as Dubs deliver
Another day, another unintended consequence of the absurdity inflicted upon the world by Covid-19. Now read on… In one sense, yes, it was great and indeed momentous that 8,500 people were allowed in to see the Leinster SHC semi final double header at Croke Park. But looking through a different lens, it would be easy…