RTÉ poll shows majority against GAA championships

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A vast majority of people surveyed about the GAA championships said they don’t think they should go ahead.

When asked if the Irish Championship was played in 2020, 67% of the 1,000 adults surveyed said no.

The result, of a poll conducted by Amárach Research for Claire Byrne Live of RTÉ, comes when the Government announced that the country would move to Level 5 restrictions starting at midnight on Wednesday with elite sports, including American football. senior and hurling, which will continue. with the doors closed.

Twenty-four percent said yes, the GAA championships, which start next weekend, should continue, while 9% didn’t know.

“I’m surprised by that, of course most of the players want me to move on,” former Meath player and RTÉ GAA analyst Colm O’Rourke told the show.

“There is a perception that there is some danger created by these games that are played, but the danger to the players or anyone else is much less when there are teams that travel individually to the games, the games behind closed doors.

“They split up immediately after games and go home.

“People are being a bit pessimistic in that regard.”

The inter-county season restarted over the weekend after closing in March due to the coronavirus outbreak with a string of minors and Allianz League games across the country.

In response to the poll, former May star David Brady said: “There are so many people at home tonight that the sport and the GAA are not the fulcrum of their fear right now.

“That’s probably confirmed in the poll, but I think what happened in the last three days, and there were games on Friday, U-20, Saturday and Sunday, for a lot of people it was the last thing they have, is GAA.”

“The most important people here are the players because what they did yesterday did not represent their counties, they represented the country.”

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Ireland’s men’s and women’s rugby teams are also due to restart their suspended Guinness Six Nations campaigns this Saturday and the Monday night news means those games – against Italy at Aviva and Energia stadiums – may continue.

On the news that elite sport was exempt, O’Rourke said: “We need sport, it is the modern opium of the people.”

“It’s not just soccer and hurling, but horse racing and soccer and all the other games too, the international rugby games.

“They will help brighten the dark days of winter.

“The All Ireland Championship will give a huge boost to many people, especially older people, who are locked up indefinitely in the run-up to Christmas.”



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