The GAA’s ethics and integrity commission’s (EIC) review of its commercial relationship with Allianz has recommended the GAA conduct an ethical audit of all its contractual arrangements. The Irish Examiner has seen the EIC’s report, which advised the GAA’s Management Committee’s decision last month to retain its links with Allianz despite highlighting a sibling company had links with the war in Gaza. However, they also point out that this “does not absolve GAA units from any obligation to act ethically in business arrangements in general and sponsorship agreements in particular.” The height of the ethical watermark GAA units are expected to reach is a concern for the EIC. They listed a number of commercial agreements counties and clubs currently have with companies that could be questioned on such grounds. They also pointed out Microsoft and Google, which were cited in Albanese’s report as being directly complicit in Israel’s military efforts in Gaza, “are in daily use throughout the GAA”.

Source: Irish Examiner January 13, 2026 23:07 UTC