Officials involved in the national integration process are privately admitting the 2027 deadline for the amalgamation of the three Gaelic sports bodies will not be met. That acceptance comes as the Irish Examiner has learned several counties have yet to form integration work groups as they had been instructed by their respective organisations at national level. A number of GAA county chairpersons maintain the LGFA and CA should first merge before combining with Cumann Lúthchleas Gael. We set that target date then and it was and remains a relaxed target date. It is our target date for integration, for one organisation representing all codes to be in place in 2027.

Source: Irish Examiner January 06, 2026 17:23 UTC