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Wed 08 Aug 2008DRA disappoints with fudge and stonewalling
After taking several steps forward in terms of discipline and law enforcement the GAA has recently gone backward with a couple of giant strides, writes Sean Moran
BRACED PERHAPS by the turbulence of office, GAA president Nickey Brennan was cautious when acknowledging the apparently significant strides taken by the association in the area of discipline. It was only a month ago and he mentioned in a prophetic aside that he realised all the encouraging improvement was just one controversy away "from going up in flames".
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