Episode 2555: GAA Meets Boxing World, Who Is To Blame, Pedant’s Corner, Messi 2026

The first rule in the Eamon Dunphy school of punditry is – find out who to blame. So just who is at fault if Katie Taylor ends up never fighting in Croke Park?

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Gavan Casey of the42.ie and Michael Foley of the Sunday Times talk to us about why the GAA might have been reticent and what Eddie Hearn’s bottom-line is.

We also discuss Messi’s plans for the future, the Carlisle Grounds’ rich history, Pedant’s Corner and Frances Murphy’s TV guide to the sporting weekend.

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Are the mooted Croker costs really that outlandish, and how eager is the GAA to be the first large-scale venue in Dublin to host a boxing event since the Regency shooting?https://t.co/yRIiag92pK pic.twitter.com/BVtDGbTeLm

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