Split loyalties for the GAA

GAA training will return in the North of Ireland on April 12^th effectively giving the 6 counties a light at the end of the Covid tunnel, while the remaining 26 counties in the Republic are still in the dark as to when their facilities will open. It is a decision that has moved away from the Associations 32 county approach to the pandemic and one that has caused some debate particularly along the border counties. Paddy Hunter is a free lance sports journalist from Co Tyrone and he remarked to Sean Mc Caffrey that the 12^th has always been a significant date in the history of the North with the GAA now having their own reason to celebrate that number