Official recognition for GPA ‘already secured’

THE GAELIC Players Association is now the ‘de facto’ official representative body of GAA players, chief executive Dessie Farrell told their AGM at the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise.

“With regard to official recognition, it is my belief that this is something that would always be assumed over time, rather than being granted by officialdom,” said Farrell.

“We have now been in existence for five years and have met with Croke Park’s top officials under two different presidents. Having also read Sean Kelly’s comments regarding the GPA in his Congress address (Kelly accepted that the players don’t seem to want anyone else to represent them), it could be said the recognition is already secured.”