Brexit making us reassess what the GAA is about

In an extended piece on the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, This Week, last Sunday, on the impact of Brexit on the GAA, the Armagh delegate to the Ulster Council Jarlath Burns said that the GAA should not remain neutral if there is to be a referendum on Irish unity after Brexit.

Brexit making us reassess what the GAA is about

In an extended piece on the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, This Week, last Sunday, on the impact of Brexit on the GAA, the Armagh delegate to the Ulster Council Jarlath Burns said that the GAA should not remain neutral if there is to be a referendum on Irish unity after Brexit.

He said: “The GAA’s basic aim: it states the Association is a national organisation which has as its basic aim the strengthening of the national identity in a 32-county Ireland through the presentation and promotion of Gaelic Games.

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