GAA President: Orange Order & Gaelic Games Share Community & Identity

0:00That's your update from Europe News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. GAA President Jarlaf Burns just equated the Orange Orders role for unionists to what Gaelic Games mean for nationalists, pure community and identity. On both sides, he called his straight folly to brush off the group just because of religious lines. Burns, the 41st Presence 2024, laid this out on a podcast about Uniting Ireland. From his days as a school principal in South Armand, he's done tons of outreach with orange order folks. That hands-on work showed him their world up close, building real bridges across divides. Burns stressed how their parades, halls, bands and faith witnessed mirror the pride nationalist feel in our clubs, teams and flags. Dismissing that ignores what makes communities tick, he said. It's all about respect, not rejection. He highlighted their quiet charity grind, too. Dismissing hundreds of thousands yearly for any good calls, no questions

1:01on Catholic or Protestant. Burns wants them shouting that louder, and assured them, in a new Ireland, you can still be Orngemen, marching free like a Ross Nala, where tolerance shines. This push for understanding flips the script, urging both size to see the shared human pulse beneath the banners.