GAA and GPA relationship deteriorates in wake of McAleese integration exit

Comments from the players' chief Tom Parsons have stung. 

GAA president Jarlath Burns. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Relations between the GAA and Gaelic Players Association (GPA) have deteriorated following Mary McAleese’s departure last week as steering committee on integration chairperson.

The Irish Examiner understands GAA president Jarlath Burns recently wrote to GPA chief executive Tom Parsons, in which he articulated his disappointment with the official inter-county body’s public reaction to McAleese’s explosive exit last Tuesday week.