GAA vow to co-operate with funding review

The Gaelic Athletic Association today pledged to co-operate with a review of the North's government funding to clubs named after dead paramilitaries.

Tue, 29 Sep, 2009 - 15:48

The Gaelic Athletic Association today pledged to co-operate with a review of the North's government funding to clubs named after dead paramilitaries.

Sports minister Nelson McCausland has asked delivery body Sport NI to look again at regulations that have thus far enabled teams playing under the name of IRA men to obtain grants.

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