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Martin Breheny: Hurling and football pitted against each other in very public way for prime slots bad for both codes
Central Council arguing over weekend games highlights fixture dysfunction
So let’s get this right. New GAA President Jarlath Burns favoured giving the All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals top billing this coming weekend by switching them from Saturday to Sunday.
Instead, they will be played on Saturday, as originally planned. Three football preliminary quarter-finals are fixed for later in the day. That’s five big-time games, with the hurling ‘live’ on RTÉ.
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