Sign up to grants - or else! Brehony resorts to threats

[stephenite]

In yet another example of the self indulgent attitude adopted by most GAA correspondents, Martin Brehony tries to keep his dream of having a full time job writing about Gaelic Games 12 months a year alive. (He's a stripper in Angels from mid September to January)

Sign up to grants -- or else


According to Ulster secretary Danny Murphy the issue of whether players should receive Government grants as agreed a few months ago is "the single biggest challenge to the authority of our association."


He also says that the "essential elements" involved weren't discussed with the clubs.

Why not? Haven't the grants been on the agenda for a few years?

It was repeatedly flagged in the media that Central Council (the GAA's ultimate decision-making body between Congresses) would decide on the issue, yet there was no opposition until it was agreed to support the payments.

Suddenly, pockets of unrest emerged and having been allowed to wield an influence vastly disproportionate to their numbers, the anti-lobby have managed to get the grants on to the Congress agenda in April.

Memo to delegates -- sign up to what Central Council agreed because if you don't the Cork strike will look like a skirmish outside a chip shop compared to the war that will erupt if there's any attempt to renege on the grants deal.

- Martin Breheny (aka Lucinda Hotlips)

[AZOffaly]

God be with the days when reporters reported. Now they opinionate. And their opinion isn't worth any more than anybody else's. In fact, a lot of the time their opinion isn't worth the paper their sh1tty rag is printed on.

[OakLeaf]

"allowed to wield an influence vastly disproportionate to their numbers"

And just how would he know what those numbers (i.e. against) are, since no-one in the grassroots of the association was asked their opinion on this important issue! 

[rosnarun]

I think this breheny guy even more than 'opinionates' . he is an active lobbyist for years he was in the vanguard of opening up Croker for 'Sir tony o'reilly's or more properly mr Chryss Goulandris'  beloved rugby  and could rarely write an article for  without mentioning it and is now seeking to repeat the trick with the GPA and eventually , have no doubt, Professionalism.

[cornafean]

In fairness to Breheny, he pushed the "open Croke Park" ever since he worked with the Irish Press Group in the 1980s, ie long before he worked for Sir AJF.

That said, I have been taken aback by how readily he has swallowed the GPA agenda in its entirety in recent years. Most of what he has written on the grants issue has been cringeworthy. And that's being charitable...