Jarlath Burns, the newly elected GAA President is a charismatic man. He has a natural authority and when he speaks, a room listens. He is the kind of person you could sometimes find yourself hoping to impress. When I was at the GPA, I had plenty of dealings with Jarlath and he would always be charming and charismatic as he cut your ideas down to size. “I’m a huge admirer of the GPA,” he would say, listing off the work done on player welfare and other issues he admired, then there would be a pause and a ‘but’. The ‘but’…

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