Madam, - The anti-Dublin bile that emanates from some of our country cousins during the GAA championship season is a serious problem that the organisation must look at. The GAA may like to package this as light-hearted banter but there is a more sinister, deep-rooted, tangible hatred at the heart of this.
The recent assaults on two Dublin senior football players by Mayo supporters after the All-Ireland semi-final vindicate my point. Some parts of the media would like to put these incidents down to the social malaise in Ireland, that is our drink culture, but these acts were perpetrated by GAA supporters against GAA players. If a drunken assailant perpetrates a racist attack, no one blames our drink culture, we call the incident as we should - a racist attack.
I think there is a lot of anger among Dublin GAA supporters over these incidents and the lack of response they have got from both the GAA and the media.
Perhaps it is time for the GAA firstly to accept that they have a problem and then tackle it, before a serious incident occurs. - Yours, etc,
BRIAN Mac SWEENEY, Lower Dargle Road, Bray.