Tipperary GAA have nominated Ger Ryan to run for GAA president at Congress next February.

The Templederry Kenyons clubman, who was endorsed at a county board meeting on Wednesday night, will bid to become the Premier County’s first GAA president since the late Séamus Ó Riain, who held office from 1967 to 1970. Ryan has also served as Tipperary GAA PRO, Munster Council delegate, Chair of the Medical Scientific and Welfare Committee (MSW), Chair of the Communications Committee 2018-2021 and has been Chair of the Central Referees Appointments Committee since 2024.

He said: “After 30 plus years of involvement at all levels of administration in the GAA, it is an absolute privilege to be nominated to run for Uachtarán of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael.

“This Association is fundamentally an incredible and unmatched sporting and cultural organisation but one I truly feel is about more than sport. It is a glue for communities right across the island of Ireland, and indeed for many Irish communities abroad, giving people an identity and sense of place that no other organisation, and certainly no volunteer led organisation, does at this level today.

“The Association is remarkable in terms of the quality of our games, our players, our volunteers and our facilities, from Croke Park itself right through to clubs across urban and rural Ireland.

“It has managed to deliver all of that through being volunteer led and amateur status, which is something incredible and unique. Preserving that amateur status is one of a number of significant challenges ahead that I believe I can help navigate the GAA through.

“Other key issues ahead for us include how we approach integration of the GAA, the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association as well as dealing with significant demographic changes that are posing serious questions for the future of the Association in both rural and urban areas.”

“I am deeply honoured by the opportunity afforded to me by my home county by way of nominating me to contest this election. I look forward to meeting and listening to people in the coming months as we collectively seek to continue to grow and enhance the GAA’s impact in terms of serving players, volunteers, supporters and indeed communities in Ireland and around the world.”

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