From statues to skorts, Ireland’s talent for preoccupation with the wrong things is intact
This is especially true where issues involving women are concerned, and 2025 was no exception
Skorts Controversy
‘My mother probably has the rosary beads swallowed’: Top sports quotes of 2025
From Troy Parrott to Ellen Walshe, here are the year’s memorable sporting quotes of the year
Katie Power, leader of camogie’s skorts protest, to sit out 2026 on medical advice
The Kilkenny captain has contended with persistent injuries since suffering a broken kneecap in 2020
‘Those two weeks felt like two months’: Kilkenny captain Katie Power reveals overwhelming toll of skorts protest
Power doesn’t regret taking a stand, but she said the attention that followed was mentally draining
Sinn Féin versus William the Conqueror
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan: A row over a Norman anniversary, waiting lists for disability services and the skorts controversy draws to a close
Camogie Association Special Congress passes motion to allow players to wear shorts
GPA welcomes result of vote held at Croke Park
What the rows over skorts and public toilets reveal about Irish attitudes to equality
The two controversies bely the reality that Ireland has had 25 years of anti-discrimination legislation in relation to services, including public toilets, sports and sporting facilities
Skorts controversy: Camogie Association meeting to be held in camera
Wearing of skorts is the only issue on the agenda at this Special Congress
‘If one girl gives up because of a skort, that’s one too many’: Dublin camogie team hopes for change at Congress
Recent protest initiated by the Dublin and Kilkenny teams has moved the dial on skorts-shorts debate
Skorts issue is about policing women. The fuss around Kim Kardashian’s courtroom garb is not
Kardashian’s decision to turn a solemn court appearance into a blingy costume drama is just a bald play for the paparazzi gaze
I was put off organised sports for life by what we girls had to wear
It matters that women, and especially girls, have agency over what they wear
Leinster camogie finalists made one last stand on skorts, let’s hope they never have to again
Players warmed up in shorts before Saturday’s intermediate and senior finals ahead of Special Congress vote
Skorts: Why camogie delegates voted to keep them in 2024, and what is different this time around
While public sentiment has been overwhelmingly on the side of allowing the players choice, as recently as April 2024 the issue was defeated on the floor at Congress
Teams involved in Leinster camogie finals will play under protest in skorts if not allowed wear shorts
All four teams will take to the field in shorts but will step back from their protest if their games are threatened with abandonment
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