DUP criticises planned hunger-strike event at GAA ground

The Democratic Unionist Party has criticised the GAA over plans to hold a rally commemorating the IRA hunger strikes at Casement Park in Belfast later this month.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is due to address the 25th anniversary rally on August 13.

The event is supported by the Antrim County Board, which manages Casement Park, but the GAA has reportedly said that the event must not go ahead at the ground.

Reports this morning say GAA headquarters had decided that the rally would breach regulations prohibiting clubs, committees or councils from engaging in party-political activities.

Despite this, the DUP is using the situation to criticise the sporting organisation, saying it shows that the GAA is in fact a quasi-political body.