AgeAction chief executive Paddy Connolly says the GAA are in a great position to help the elderly during the coronavirus crisis, writes John Fogarty. Maybe through the GAA clubs’ databases, they can make a call and check in and then link in with local services and offer their resources, that is their members who are interested in helping out. “We’re at the beginning of the problem at the moment and we don’t know the scale we’re going to get to. The message is clearly fake and the Tipperary County Board yesterday asked those receiving it not to pass it onto others. Chairman Robert Dignam confirmed to the Irish Examiner that four “Rathnew GAA does not tolerate racism or abuse of officials” signs have been put up, one outside each dressing room as well as at the entrances to both of their pitches.

Source: Irish Examiner March 16, 2020 19:41 UTC