Association urged to learn from Rebel strike

THE GAA must learn from the recent Cork dispute to ensure there is never a repetition ‘anywhere else,’ said outgoing Leinster Council Chairman — and presidential candidate — Liam O’Neill at the annual convention in Wexford at the weekend.

In welcoming addresses to delegates from the 12 counties, both the Mayor of Wexford and the County Chairman also alluded to the dispute and its implications for the membership at large.

While Mayor George Lawlor didn’t specifically mention the strike, he commented that players and others had their profile ‘greatly enhanced’ through their involvement in the GAA. He added: “some people who seem to be shouting the loudest seem to be abandoning the fact that were it not for the GAA they would not be in the economic circumstances they find themselves at the current time.