Upping the Ante: GAA must make match experience less alien to unionists

Hurling is the greatest sport on the planet, yet a large chunk of the population of this island are put off playing or watching it

Football can take you to to colourful places. In 2016, little Dundalk, a small club in a provincial town, went on an unlikely European journey in the Europa League. Irish sides punching against big names on foreign soil is a true delight, and I figured it would be nice to take in some new cities.

The Louth side played matches that summer in Iceland, Poland and the Netherlands, allowing yours truly to take ...