Harte slates scandalous venues

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Former Cork goalkeeper Elaine Harte has described the venue selection for some high profile ladies football games as scandalous.

Elaine Harte. Picture: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE

By Mary White

Harte said: We have to look at where we play our matches. Its scandalous.

Over the years weve played All-Ireland semi-finals and quarter-finals in venues in remote areas, and I dont mean to offend those areas, but a lot of the time theyre out of the way for supporters to get to.

I think if the right people were asked in advance if we could use their facilities, it wouldnt be a problem.

The mens GAA in general dont begrudge us at all, its the opposite in fact; they enjoy watching our games and would encourage us to use their facilities, said the 33-year-old, who recently retired from intercounty football.

TG4 have been excellent as regards the promotion of the sport due to the number of games they now televise, in that people who usually wouldnt watch the game have started to.

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