Pat Spillane: I am for the split season, but not this version, to use a past Fianna Fáil slogan – a lot done, more to do

Pat Spillane: I am for the split season, but not this version, to use a past Fianna Fáil slogan – a lot done, more to do

Congress is normally one of the most boring events in the GAA calendar, a weekend of box-ticking, listening to the same old voices, and kicking the can down the road if some contentious motion arises that the top brass don't want debated or, even worse, passed.