GPA expect rise in demand for counselling service

'The sooner we can encourage players to seek help the better,’ says Jennifer Rogers, GPA player welfare manager.

The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) are prepared in the event there is a jump in inter-county players contacting their counselling hotline this month.

The figures for April won’t be known until the beginning of next month but after a slight increase in the first three months of 2020 compared to last year’s quarter one a rise in the number of calls would not be surprising as society begins to count the cost of the mental health challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak.