Galls’ shirt deal boosts community links in NI

AN innovative partnership between a company from the predominantly-Protestant town of Lisburn and a GAA club from the Falls Road in Belfast shows that old barriers between the traditions are coming down.

The alliance between last year’s All-Ireland club football finalists St Gall’s and transport and storage specialists McCulla Ireland is a small but significant example of how sectarian animosities are being set aside.

Under the three-year, £30,000, deal, all St Galls’ players will wear the McCulla logo on their jerseys and the company will get tickets for big matches at Croke Park.