Clubs urged to be proactive on integration

Tipperary clubs have been urged to take a more proactive approach to the integration of the GAA, Camogie and Ladies Football into one body.

In a discussion at the recent Tipperary GAA County Board meeting, demographics officer Laurenz Egan said the recent controversy at national level following the resignation of Dr. Mary McAleese as chairperson of the integration steering group must be used as a staging post to reaffirm the backing for the merger of the three Gaelic Games associations.

“In terms of the One-Club model, do we take a proactive approach and have a look at this locally and get the message out to clubs to have a conversation about integration,” he said.

Clubs such as Nenagh Eire Og and Kilruane MacDonaghs to name but two have officially moved to the One Club model in recent years with Tipperary County Board looking for feedback from those clubs in terms of how it is operating to pass onto clubs that haven’t united so far to help them with the process.

Egan added: “We need to identify the clubs where it can work, get it right, and then focus on the clubs where it might be difficult to achieve a One Club model.”

County Board Chairperson Jimmy Minogue added that despite the negative recent publicity that “We have gone a long way towards integration in this county,” he said.