GAA president says move to integrate three associations by 2027 is a 'journey worth taking'

GAA president Jarlath Burns said the move to integrate the three associations by 2027 has been criticised as 'fanciful and too ambitious' but said it is a 'journey worth taking'. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Merging the GAA with the ladies’ football and camogie associations would require “significant upgrade and modernisation” to playing and changing facilities to cater for the most basic terms of reference for equality, an Oireachtas Committee has said.

GAA president Jarlath Burns said the move to integrate the three associations by 2027 has been criticised as “fanciful and too ambitious” but said it is a “journey worth taking”.