2027 remains target for integration despite GAA Management Committee reservations

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GAA director general Tom Ryan on integration: “Everywhere you look, there are complications." Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

GAA director general Tom Ryan says the association’s target for full integration of the three main Gaelic sports bodies remains 2027 despite its management committee’s assertion it is unrealistic.

At their meeting attended by integration steering committee chairperson Mary McAleese in December, the body informed McAleese that the timeline for the merger of the GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association was too tight.