GPA suffer blow as top stars decide to go it alone

THE GPA suffered a blow yesterday when four high profile GAA stars endorsed a telecom product which will be in direct competition with a scheme supported by the players’ group.

The four, Colin Corkery, Padraig Joyce, Eoin Kelly and Steven McDonnell, promoted Cross-Sport, a telecoms business aimed at the sporting market less than two months after the GPA launched the Clubtel scheme.

Both products endeavour to produce cheaper telephone calls for the users.