GAA facing flood of safeguarding complaints, warns leading solicitor

Solicitor Conor Sally says rules go beyond keeping members safe from harm

Conor Sally, Tyrone GAA fixtures analyst and solicitor. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

A leading solicitor has warned the GAA is facing a deluge of complaints arising from its ill-suited and excessive child and adult safeguarding rules.

Conor Sally, Tyrone GAA fixtures analyst and chairman of Omagh St Enda’s the previous seven years, envisages fixture hold-ups and a myriad of other appeals because the GAA has made it mandatory to “respect their rights, wishes and feelings” of members.