GAA promises to examine GPA demands

The GAA has promised to examine a list of demands issued today by the Gaelic Players' Association.

The GPA has announced six issues it wants the GAA to address in order to lift the threat of strike action by inter-county hurlers and footballers.

The demands include an endorsement by the GAA of a government grant scheme for inter-county players.

The GPA is also seeking the establishment of a player-welfare audit system and the lifting of a ban on the association's official soft-drink sponsor, Club Energise.

In a statement, the GAA said it would examine the requests as soon as it formally receives them.

It said a process of interaction and dialogue with the GPA would commence, as previously agreed, at a meeting arranged for early next month.

The GAA also said incoming president Nickey Brennan had already announced his intention to address the issue of player-welfare at Congress on April 22.