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GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association competitions will not resume until Easter at the earliest

GAA president John Horan and Director General Tom Ryan issued a joint statement on Wednesday evening.

Robbie Dowling by Robbie Dowling
Wednesday 10 February, 2021
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The 2021 GAA season will not begin until Easter at the earliest.

In a statement released by the GAA on Wednesday, the Association’s President and Director General made it clear that there will be no return to action for GAA, LGFA or Camogie Association players, including inter-county players, for the foreseeable future.

The news will come as a disappointment to GAA fans across the country, who would have expected the inter-county league campaigns to begin later this month.

Additionally, it seems unlikely that all competitions will be played this year due to the current restrictions the Government has in place in an attempt to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland.

Despite this, both Horan and Ryan did say that they expect there to be a “fulfilling season” for every stakeholder in the GAA in 2021.

You can read the full statement by John Horan, President of the GAA and Tom Ryan, Director General of the GAA, below.

The full statement read:

“The Gaa’s Covid Advisory Group met this evening to consider the outcome of a meeting between the three Gaelic Games governing bodies (GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Camogie Association) and representatives of the Irish Government, including the Minister of State for Sport, which took place earlier this week. The meeting was held to brief the governing bodies on the short-term prospects for a return to training and playing of our games.”

“The Government representatives clarified that inter-county Gaelic Games activity is not covered under the current Level 5 exemptions for elite sports. As such a return to intercounty training or games is not permitted under the current restrictions.”

“It was also clear that there will not be any change to this position post-March 5th when the restrictions currently in place are reviewed.”

“It is the view of the GAA’s Covid Advisory Group that no on field activity will be permitted – training or games – until Easter at the earliest. In the interim, it is expected that the Government will publish an updated “Living with Covid” plan and we expect that this will provide clarity on when clubs and counties are likely to be allowed return to training and games in 2021. It should also provide clarity on when other off-field club activities may be permitted to resume.”

“It is clear that this extended delay to the planned return of the inter county season will have knock-on effects for both the inter county and club games programmes originally planned for 2021. As of now the GAA have made no firm decisions on what competitions may or may not be facilitated in any revised fixture programme – such decisions will be a factor of how much time is made available to us, both for an inter county season and for the broader participation levels that will be necessary for a meaningful club season. While we begin to look at contingency plans for the Master Fixtures Programme, we will not be able to take definitive decisions in this context until we have a clear picture of what restrictions we are likely to be operating under at various points in the year ahead.”

“Rest assured however, that once clarity is provided by Government and Public Health Authorities on the likely road ahead for society generally and sport in particular, the GAA will follow its own roadmap and plan for our own activities at both inter-county and club level, that will cover whatever time is available to us for the remainder of the year.”

“We know these latest developments will come as a great disappointment to all those who are anxious to resume their Gaelic Games involvement, be it on or off the field. While we remain in the midst of a deadly pandemic, there is significant cause for optimism that much better days lie ahead. The manner in which we have endured and overcome thus far, both as individual members and an Association generally, has been praised by many and is a cause of great pride to us all. With your help we are certain that we will eventually have a fulfilling season at both club and county level in 2021, just as we had in 2020.”

“Finally, we would again like to take this opportunity to thank our members, players, coaches, managers and officers at all levels for their patience and understanding of the current situation and for co-operating with all of the restrictions that have been put in place. We want to remind you all again that we will prepare a revised Mater Fixture Calendar and plan for the remainder of 2021 once a new Government map for society and sport is made available.”

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