I’m here for this sort of misogyny all week.
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Liam O’Neill speaking about his efforts to unite the GAA, LGFA and Camogie
Reflecting on his youth in the 1960s and 1970s when his “sisters didn’t get games (and) because there wasn’t much for girls growing up”, he finds it hard to fathom how in 2021, all the sports can’t be governed by the same body.
“I thought it was ludicrous to have GAA separate from ladies football and camogie,” he said when speaking on the recent LaoisToday Podcast and recalling an offer for the sports to come under the GAA during his time as GAA president.
“We actually made the offer for them to come in. It’s very much a topic at the moment. “We’re still getting flak for it even though we made the offer and ladies football said no. They didn’t want it. That is unbelievable.
O’Neill says that “the modern family expects boys and girls, men and women to be looked after equally” and that the benefits for all concerned would be huge. He also says that a lot of costs could be absorbed and that it would create a “feel good factor that we’re open and modern and accepting of women’s place in the world”.
“In our Go Games U-11 section, we do that spectacularly. But then girls have to go their own way for medical reasons and can’t play against boys after 12.
“We held out the hand that time and we could be six years on in a unified organisation had they said yes. I couldn’t believe it.
“They thought we wanted to take them over but that was the furthest thought from our minds. I regretted that. It was a bit of a kick in the teeth.
“As long as I’m asked on it, I will say it’s not justifiable. It’s not justifiable that the girls don’t have the same opportunities as the boys. The players should turn around to them and say cop on please, accept the offer.
“There’s a small core of people who want to do it. There’s a cohort that want to keep it trundling on. If they wanted to do it this could be done in one to two years max. It’s not a huge operation.
“It would require a lot of adjustments but it would strengthen the organisations and strengthen Gaelic games in a way that would be unbelievable.”
Carthach is a bad enough name but, Carthach Og?!
sounds like the whole thing is more of a holiday
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It’s a complete holiday.
Shur why not 
That’s an awful piece. She got a really bad injury, no doubt about that, but it was pure freak to end up so bad for something so harmless. The other one barely touched her. From a footballing perspective, it was a free kick, and that’s all. Sometimes really shit injuries occur from the most innocuous of incidents. The resentment and anger she is showing to her opponent and the disciplinary committee won’t serve her well. I hope she does recover and gets to play, but she sounds a complete whingebag in that piece written in anger.
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She’s a bit needy is Brid. That article is 
, even the bits that actually happened.
This little tantrum was brought to you by mycore supplements
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“Vortex of disbelief” 
She’s certainly dialling up the hyperbole there.
Person gets injured in a contact sport. Unfortunate but the ‘poor me’ routine there is pretty staggering.
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Total accident to me. No malice to the challenge.
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Looked like she did actually try to play the ball
Them Sydney cunts are worse than the Tans
Australia has declared war on the Irish girls.
the ladies GGA players have learnt a lot from the male GGA players about not being tough enough to face the aussies
Seems like the Aussies have not taken it well being shit at their own game.
The Irish girls are more interested in their Instagram stories and a tan than actually studying the game.
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The 42.ie are hyping up this competition massively. More coverage than the likes of Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor typically get