The GAA needs to be vigilant about the risk of betting corruption arising among players, a sports law conference has been told. “I don’t think any sport is immune,” barrister Susan Ahern told the Sports Law Ireland conference in Dublin on Friday when asked about the prospect of corrupt betting practices spreading through the GAA. The Sports Law Ireland conference was organised by the Sports Law Bar Association and British organisation LawInSport. The Irish Mixed Martial Arts Association has been working with Sport Ireland on the regulation of the sport. Speaking at the same event, Chief Justice Frank Clarke praised practitioners of sports law in Ireland, saying it was a unique area of law which combined expertise and precedent from many other specialities such as contract law, competition law and employment law.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2019 18:56 UTC