Limerick faces urban tests

A TOP Munster Council official told a National Sports Conference in Limerick yesterday that the GAA may have to change its club structure to meet the challenge of increased urbanisation.

“We’re very conscious of the changes in the Irish population in the last ten to 15 years,” deputy chief executive of the Munster Council Enda McGuane admitted.

“Particularly the large towns that have expanded across the province — not just the likes of Limerick, Cork and Waterford, but areas like Ennis, which have had huge expansion.