Tom Ryan: GAA 'very quickly' decided against playing behind closed doors

Ryan said the GAA’s minds were made up by the decision to close the schools from today as they couldn’t ask for children to congregate for training or games when the Government had directed them not to do so in the classroom.

GAA director general Tom Ryan has confirmed the organisation considered playing Allianz League games behind closed doors but opted against it as it would have been an “out of touch” move.

Speaking to GAA.ie today, Ryan explained that going ahead with the matches without spectators would not have been in the spirit of what the country is doing to combat the spread of coronavirus.