Former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese has been appointed as the independent chairperson to oversee the integration of the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association.
The respective associations aim to merge into one single group. The process will be supervised by McAleese who served a 14-year term in office as the President of Ireland.
The news was confirmed via a joint statement from the three associations ;
“The Gaelic Games Associations are pleased to announce that former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has agreed to be independent Chairperson of the integration process between the Camogie Association, the GAA, and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.
“Over the course of this year, all three Gaelic games associations separately discussed integration towards a one association model.
“Mark Dorman has been confirmed as Project Manager for the integration process".
“A timeline on discussions between Chairperson McAleese and the three Associations will be agreed in the coming weeks to advance the project.”
