Not only is the GAA hoping to lift our Covid-battered national morale, they've decided to simultaneously take on the fearsome opponent which is the Irish winter. These championships won't be shortening the winter as much as turning it into summer mark two. So while the prospect of a Covid-19 resurgence in winter might make rescheduling the championships look like a big gamble, it's not really. A Munster hurling or Connacht football final without fans would be more likely to depress than enliven the national mood. A 2020 without them would leave a hole in the national soul, shaped perhaps like a sliotar or a pair of O'Neill's football shorts.

Source: Irish Independent June 28, 2020 01:30 UTC