GAA clubs in danger of ‘wipeout’, warns 54-year Congress veteran

VETERAN GAA administrator Seamas O’Brien of Waterford says clubs are losing their authority in the association, which he describes as a “very dangerous development”.

O’Brien attends his 54th consecutive Congress this weekend in Newcastle, Co Down and says the clubs’ loss of power is the biggest change he has seen in half a century of service.

“The biggest change I find is the way things are done. When I first went to Congress the club was very much the cornerstone of the association; it still is, but a lot of people don’t seem to recognise that anymore.