Colm Keys
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 9 Sep
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And as I said, on the back of countless meetings
numbers of officers at conventions saying, slow this down, slow this down.
We don't think we're ready for it.
I actually heard, and it was speculated upon among certain corridors, shall we say, of the GA, that Mary McAleese was contemplating stepping away at that stage.
But she didn't.
She saw it through.
And then that document that you mentioned came out in February, where the timelines and the governance structures of all the
Say a county board would have a chair, but then there would be three vice chairs, a GA vice chair, a Camogie vice chair and a Ladies Gaelic Football Association, LGFA vice chair as well.
And there was governance around fixtures.
In the GAA, fixtures and discipline committees are together.
They're going to separate that, but have a joined up fixtures committee, which is a very, very important function now for any new GAA that they get fixtures right.
And especially between the LGFA and Camogie to avoid the type of clashes that have been happening.
And I always would have felt that's a starting point.
That's a starting point for LGFA and Camogie to get on the same page for fixtures.
as much as possible before it even integrates.
And I feel that should have been done years ago, that there would have been an understanding
Look, I have to say, even I was in the room in 2024, Joe, it was the last week of Larry McCarthy's presidency.
And the steering group, that's the day that they came out with the 2027 deadline for full integration.
And there was even some talk around that, that it would be 2026, but it was just pushed out to the following April, that all the congresses would be finished up.
And I remember thinking at the time, not being wise after the event, I said, this is a really ambitious deadline for something that is complex.
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