Gilroy to lead drive to create 10,000 green jobs

CROKE PARK director Peter McKenna has revealed Dublin football manager Pat Gilroy as the man behind the GAA’s plans to spearhead an initiative which aims to create 10,000 sustainable jobs in Ireland by 2013.

Gilroy, managing director with energy management services company Dalkia, came up with the idea of using the GAA as a community conduit to make people aware of the ways in which they can cut their energy and waste costs.

In turn, the work needed to be carried out would require the employment of skilled workers such as engineers, planners and labourers. The initiative, which was first revealed by GAA president Christy Cooney in his Congress address last Saturday, already has a project manager and will shortly be launched.