Government levy needed to make integration work, says Galway LGFA chair

Delivering the required number of pitches to ensure equal access to facilities among male and female players must be driven at Government level, says Betty Hernon

General View of the Banteer Community Sportsfield Astroturf Amenity Project in Banteer, Co. Cork - a community facility available to all sports.

The county bringing an integration motion to Saturday's Ladies Football Congress has suggested a Government levy be introduced to address the shortfall in facilities that they believe is the main barrier to equality between male and female players.

The Galway ladies football board is proposing the LGFA “unite with the GAA with the aim of becoming a partnership of equals”, which, if passed, would enshrine a commitment to integration in the LGFA rulebook for the first time.