GPA issue warning over stalled female players' charter

October 17, 2023

Gaelic Players Association (GPA) CEO Tom Parsons. ©INPHO/Ben Whitley.

The GPA is ready to take action if a female players' charter isn't delivered soon.

An agreement was reached in July to have the charter in place for 2024, but the GPA has reported little progress, something that could lead to male and female players going on strike in the New Year.

At its AGM in Portlaoise last Saturday, the players' body revealed that more than 100 inter-county camogie and ladies football players sought help from its hardship fund last year.

Ladies football and camogie players staged protests earlier this year before they were suspended after the GAA agreed to contribute to a 2024 players' charter for the LGFA and Camogie Association. 

"The GPA - men and women - that was the clear message from the AGM. 'Get going'. So we are preparing. We will be organised and we will be ready to mobilise," GPA CFO and former Antrim hurler Ciaran Barr told a media briefing yesterday.

 


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