Personal injury claims have cost GAA €15m over past five years

FAILINGS: The failure of GAA clubs and counties to adopt basic risk management means the highest number of personal injury claims pursued continue to arise from claims that could have been avoided or minimised. Pic: ©INPHO/Tommy Grealy

Personal injury claims taken against the GAA have cost the association €15 million over the past five years.

Ten million of that figure relates to non-GAA activity, with one high-ranking GAA official claiming that “many units” are completely failing to address control over activities and use of property.