Over 200 people from all 32 counties attended the GAA County Officer Development Conference last Saturday, 9 January, in Croke Park.

Keynote speeches were given to attendees by Aogán Ó Fearghail (Uachtarán CLG), Paddy Flood (Chairperson of the National Officer Development Committee) & Declan Coyle (Director of Andec Communications).

The training and development of club and county officers is currently the top strategic priority for the Association and the hosting of the conference represents the first part of a new training programme for county officers in 2016.

Throughout the day, a total of fifteen one-hour workshops took place on topics relating to the key roles and responsibilities of Chairpersons, Secretaries, Treasurers, PROs and Development Officers. Full Conference Programme available to see here

The GAA’s National Officer Development Committee organised the event will be liaising with clubs and counties on further initiatives in the near future.