Brennan leads digital revolution

NICKEY BRENNAN can still remember the feeling of walking into the unknown that accompanied the GAA’s first faltering steps into the digital age when they launched the association’s official website back in April of 1999.

The announcement was made in the Burlington Hotel. Sean McCague was about to take over from Joe McDonagh as president and Brennan himself was the chair of the IT Committee and in charge of the day’s events.

Almost 11 years later, and having served his own three-year term as Uachtarain, Brennan’s life came full circle earlier this week when, in his second stint as the IT group’s head honcho, he relaunched gaa.ie.