GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail's comments on the future use of the national anthem and tricolour in the GAA have been met with ridicule by Joe Brolly.

Ó Fearghail has since sought to clarify the remarks he made when in the UAE on the GAA/GPA Football All Stars tour but, writing in his Sunday Independent column, Brolly lets the readers know his thoughts on the matter in no uncertain terms.

And Irish rugby anthem 'Ireland's Call' gets caught up in the crossfire...

"Alternatively, Phil Coulter could write one for us as well, another Hallmark job with one-syllable words that a two-year-old could sing.

"Hard to beat those unforgettable lyrics from Ireland's Call, particularly the ingenious rhyming of "tall" and "call".

"After we won the All-Ireland in 1993, we sang The Town I Loved So Well on The Late Late Show.

"A fortnight later, Phil (who as far as I know was never at a Gaelic match in his life) arrived at a team meeting wearing a lime green suit and lemon tie and presented us all with a signed photograph of himself at the Grand Piano. That's just the sort of man we need to write us a new three-chord anthem.

"On reflection, calling it an 'anthem' is aggressive, patriotic and unwelcoming. It should instead be a 'jingle', a corporate branding song, lasting no more than 30 seconds."

The Sunday Game pundit continued: "As for the tricolour (which incidentally is a symbol of the green and orange coming together in peace), we could replace it with a flag depicting little kittens tumbling about, made by our official GPA/GAA flag partner. An added bonus is that the GAA/GPA could use the image for their official Christmas cards."

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