The battle facing the GAA in rural Ireland

The death of clubs in Laois – and elsewhere – should it come to pass is rooted in the realities of modern life, writes Paul Rouse

There is a paragraph in a document which was published by the GAA in Laois this month which carries a chilling message for the future of Gaelic games in that county.

And it is a paragraph which will – in some shape or other – make its way into documents produced in almost every county across Ireland in the coming years.