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Ciarán Cudahy

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504 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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other parts of the association, including supporting volunteers all over the country.

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John Arnold, go on.

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John, is the point not that, again, Ted said he'd be crying crocodile tears for the GAA, that in whinging about GAA Plus, and I do a bit of it myself as well, that we don't realise actually how privileged we are.

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I keep saying we because I'm a member of the association as well.

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I'm one of about three quarters of a million people who are.

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But I'm into other sports.

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There's about...

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10% of that number are members of athletics clubs, right?

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So it's a minority sport compared to it.

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But it's still 10%.

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They go nowhere near 10% of the coverage that Gaelic Games gets.

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Do you know, if you're looking at it on a pro-rata basis, you wouldn't believe, John, the faffing about I had to do last weekend to try and watch the World Athletics Relays from Botswana.

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It was just a pain in the backside.

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No, I guess the point is, I think that, Ted, not to put words in your mouth, the point that other people are making, and it's not just Ted, people are texting in as well, they're saying is, you don't know how lucky you have it.

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In all you're giving out, you don't know how lucky you have it.

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I'm there watching the stream breaking down from Botswana, trying to watch athletics.

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And meanwhile, you guys are giving out that there's only nine games instead of 10 free to air at the weekend.

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Let me bring in, there's another John, John Arnold, John Malloy is on the line.

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Michael Barrett is on the line.

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There's others getting in touch as well.