Transformation is coming to the GAA and, with Jarlath Burns, the association has a president who is different to those who have gone before. When I look at Jarlath Burns, I don’t see somebody content to fulfil a ceremonial role. This has been the traditional function of a president of the GAA, but Jarlath is not a traditional president.  He has a personality that is more suited to being out front. For him to play to his strengths, he needs to be out in the media. True, he stumbled this week when a clumsy phrase about the stakes in men’s…

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