Frank Burke: Rural clubs a priority

GAA presidential candidate Frank Burke says improving the plight of vulnerable clubs in “fractured” rural Ireland is one of his chief policy priorities.

Frank Burke: Rural clubs a priority

Burke is bidding to become Galway’s first GAA president since the late Joe McDonagh held office from 1997 to 2000 and has committed himself to helping the many clubs on the brink of extinction in rural Ireland.

“Through my capacity as chairman of the National Games Development committee, I have become aware that there are a number of clubs across the country who I would consider, at this point in time, as vulnerable,” he stressed.

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