GAA chief proposes plan to create jobs in rural areas

GAA president Liam O’Neill has suggested a scheme where the GAA and rural organisations could generate funds which could be matched by the Government to create thousands of jobs.

He said the GAA, which has almost 2,000 clubs countrywide, the Irish Rural Dwellers’ Association (IRDA) and others, could form groups with anything from 100 to 1,000 members, with each member contributing €2 per week towards a jobs fund.

“Ideally, you would have 1,000 members in a group. That would raise €100,000 in a year, which could create quite a few jobs,” he said.