GPA in search for new CEO
February 20, 2021
The Gaelic Players Association are on the hunt for a new chief-executive officer.
Paul Flynn announced his intention to stand down from the role later this year, with the Dublin All-Ireland winner set to take on a new opportunity in another business sector.
The Fingallians clubman has held the position since June 2018 and oversaw the merger of the two players’ bodies - the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and the Women’s Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) - into one 4,000-strong players body.
The board of the GPA have now commenced a recruitment process to select Flynn s successor, with a drive and vision to lead the organisation through an exciting next phase of development.
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Paul Flynn has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer with the Gaelic Players Association.
News of Flynn s departure was officially confirmed in a players’ message to GPA members this afternoon.
Flynn was announced as the new chief executive of the Gaelic Players Association in June 2018, and succeeded Dermot Early as leader of the organisation after the former Kildare footballer stepped down from the post earlier that year.
Before that Flynn had been an active member of the board and of the national executive committee of the GPA since 2012.
He left a senior executive role with Lincoln Recruitment, where he had played a key part in the growth and expansion of that company in recent years.
Gemma leads push for Equality Posted: 7:51 pm January 11, 2021
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Former Tyrone star Gemma Begley believes that everyone involved in Gaelic Games can do their part in pushing for equality – whether the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Associations remain separate organisations or not.
Last year the WGPA commissioned a survey of 535 players which revealed that they receive less than a quarter of the government funding than men, and that 93% of female players at intercounty level receive no travel expenses at all, with the cost of fuel averaging 55euros per week.
The Gaelic Players Association and Women’s Gaelic Players Association passed near-unanimous votes at their recent AGMs to merge into one 4000-strong players’ body.
Snapshots of the Covid year in sport
Updated / Thursday, 24 Dec 2020
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No Aintree Grand National, no Wimbledon.
More casualties in a year where much more than sport was upended.
A time of frayed nerves as people coped with being unable to do the most normal of things.
For others there was the pain of not being present when loved ones passed away. What a cruel virus.
Funerals stripped of the trappings that should give full expression to those who have left us.
The vaccines are being rolled out. No silver bullet, we re told, in completely ridding the world of Covid-19, but it s a start.