“If it goes beyond the entrance to third-level then that’s it, you’re not really going to pick a Saturday in December 2020 to get the school team back together. “This particular group of lads are very philosophical about the way things are and how the crisis has affected both their Leaving Cert and the Leinster final. The GAA are right to hold out until such time as it’s definite that we can’t go back in 2020. “The GAA is all about hope, I was in counties back in the day – Carlow and Longford and Westmeath and you had to have hope. But we don’t mind that.”Meanwhile, rugby’s Leinster Schools Senior Cup final between Newbridge and Clongowes has also been postponed.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2020 03:56 UTC