Female players urge GAA to ‘amalgamate and start again’ for equality

Wexford camogie goalkeeper Mags D’Arcy says female GAA players will never get equal treatment or publicity unless their two associations amalgamate with the GAA.

Photo credit: At yesterday’s launch of the Liberty Insurance ‘A Game of Two Halves’ research on women in sport were, from left: former Irish rugby captain Fiona Coghlan; Olympic silver medalist Annalise Murphy; two-time Olympic pentathlete Natalya Coyle; Katie Burke, 11, Bettystown, Co Meath (wearing Annalise’s Olympic medal); and camogie all-star Mags D’Arcy. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Speaking at the launch of Liberty Insurance’s latest survey on women in sport — entitled ‘A Game of Two Halves’ — the two-time All Star said: “It would need everything wiped, to start again and, let’s be honest, that is scary.