GAA must reflect the will of its membership

On February 24, 2007, more than 83,000 rugby fans went silent while God Save the Queen boomed and echoed its way throughout Croke Park, a monument to Irish nationalist culture and ambition. When the anthem ended, the crowd clapped politely. No one booed. No one jeered. It was a watershed, an almost iconic moment for both Irish sport and Irish history.

The English rugby team had arrived in the home of the GAA, ...