Eamonn Sweeney: There is a malaise in the GAA of everyone taking themselves too seriously
The 2017 football championship is beginning to resemble a very long and boring episode of Liveline. Keeping tabs on it is like being the teacher of a peculiarly fractious infant class. "Miss, Miss, they're after taking Diarmuid's character." "And they're subjecting him to trial by television." "James called me a tit." "He started it Miss, he teased Aidan for taking a selfie." "Pat only told on me because he's from Kerry and he hates Dublin." "I'm not talking to him." "He pulled my hair." "This caffeine gel tastes yucky." "Miss, Miss, freedom of expression is one of the rights in the Republic but it's not absolute."