11-a-side games among first steps to save rural GAA clubs

The GAA’s demographics committee’s report 'No One Shouted Stop – Until Now' was launched in Croke Park on Thursday

Conor Weir, Enda Stenson, Liam Lynch, GAA President Jarlath Burns, GAA National Demographics Committee Chairperson Benny Hurl, GAA Strategy, Insights and Innovaiton Manager Peter Horgan. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Motions to change the definition of a club and to introduce 11-a-side competitions are the GAA’s demographics committee’s first moves towards tackling rural decline.

Their report 'No One Shouted Stop – Until Now' was launched in Croke Park on Thursday and details the GAA’s plans to address the stark reality of rural depopulation and urban overpopulation it faces.