Jarlath Burns: The amount of people in Asia keen to invest in the GAA is mesmerising

Mary McAleese, the chairperson of the steering committee on integration, said the 2027 date for the merger of the Camogie Association, LGFA, and GAA is “is not ambitious; it is a realisable target”.

GAA president Jarlath Burns and GAA director general Tom Ryan, along with officials from the Camogie Association and LGFA, appeared before a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport on Wednesday. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

GAA president Jarlath Burns said talks have been held with government ministers regarding how the integration of the GAA with the Camogie Association and LGFA will be funded. He described meeting the cost of building the required new infrastructure as the “biggest challenge”.

Those talks included the possible introduction of a philanthropic fund which would replace the Immigrant Investor Programme. The IIP, which allowed foreign nationals to claim residency in Ireland for a period provided they invested money here, was discontinued in 2023.