Hurl: 'Everything will be done' to ensure rural GAA clubs can not only survive but also thrive 

The GAA has unveiled a major demographics strategy proposing new club structures, rule changes and county pilots to address rural decline and rapid urban growth

Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Jarlath Burns, right, and GAA National Demographics Committee chairperson Benny Hurl. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The creation of new clubs, the possible redefinition of the club and a review of club catchment and parish rules are among the objectives of the GAA’s national demographics committee.

At a launch in Croke Park on Thursday, details of the GAA’s plans to address the stark reality of rural depopulation and urban overpopulation were announced.