Jennifer O'Connell

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2,027 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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The Women's Podcast · Mary McAleese vs The GAA / Justine Megan · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

And the reason probably why I was completely unaware that this was even happening is that it has been a very quiet process.

And if you read the background pieces to it that have been published this week, a lot of sports reporters are talking now about how they were kind of waiting for an update and they were wondering what was going on and the comms around it hadn't been great.

But I mean, clearly there was a need for it, and we'll talk about that, I think, in in a minute.

But I just want to bring you up to speed on what Mary MacAlise has had to say.

So, for context, she was the only member of the steering group overseeing this big integration process who wasn't a member of one of the three organizations.

So everybody else involved is either GAA Ladies Gaelic Football Association or the Camogee Association.

And I think as Maliki pointed out, she clearly has felt up to

Now constricted in what she could say.

But this week she has walked away and she did not go quietly.

So she launched into some swinging criticism of the GAA.

She says the management committee was, quite frankly, less than impressive and very disappointing to me as a long-term GAA supporter to meet a body that was so lacking in vision for the future of the GAA.

And she said, I hate to say this, but I suspect that there are people who are not entirely.

happy about the idea of including women in decision making at the top level of Gaelic sports.

That is serious.

That's a sum mic drop.

So it's more of a mic fling across the room.

So the the GAA has hit back very forcefully at what it calls these offensive claims of misogyny within the organization.

And Jarleth Burns, who's the president, um, has asked her to reflect on her remarks.

Oh,

patronizing.

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