In recent weeks we have catalogued the sporting weekend through the medium of ten tweets gathered in from across our membership and the wider sporting community.
There was not much sport this past weekend but it will return and we will continue to catalogue what will in future be looked back upon as a strange and unsettling time. Call it a living history but here was the (largely non) sporting weekend in ten tweets…
We start with the most important element of the weekend, making sure that everybody does what they are being asked in order to slow the spread of the virus. Dublin GAA did their bit asking Dr Jack McCaffrey to record this..


The Wales vs Scotland game in the Guinness Six Nations was one of the last events to fall. The Welsh Rugby Union made the right call and followed up with this, in place of a planned tribute in the ground to a legend of the past..


The Olympic Boxing Qualifiers in London was one of the few events to go ahead. The Irish Amateur Boxing Association were keeping us informed of Irish boxers progress across the first two days..


There was a lot of anger expressed in commentary over the weekend about how Cheltenham had progressed as the crisis grew ever more obvious. We felt it ourselves to the point where we were unable to justify watching Friday’s Magners Gold cup, despite it being one of our favourite events of the year..


Wayne Rooney has been one of the most differently portrayed footballers of the modern age. A counter-culture icon who drank beer and smoked fags as opposed to managing his diet through micro-meals. Who knew that he would be one of the finds of the ‘column’ culture in mainstream media. He started his football career with a bank as a young teen. He’s done it again with his perceptive thoughts in The Sunday Times..


At times of crisis, communication is vital and the GAA deserve credit for getting their message out in a way that will be best understood and acted upon by younger players..


It doesn’t have to be feared but it does have to be understood. This short thread from Barry Whyte, a news reporter with Newstalk outlines in simple terms why social distancing is essential..


As our national broadcaster, we will rely heavily on RTÉ over the coming weeks. The News has never been more vital from a trusted source. It’s also doing its bit keeping up to date on where sport is at, or not..





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