County Down is the first Northern Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association board to vote to scrap Rule 21.

BBC: Ahern backs scrapping Rule 21

The DUP's Michelle McIlveen stated that the Gaelic Athletic Association's rules meant unionists were excluded from membership of the organisation.

BBC: Question Time

The report also states that the Gaelic Athletic Association should lift its ban on members of the security forces joining that organisation.

BBC: RUC faces wholesale reform

The London branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has always benefited from a steady supply of immigrants who trained with Gaelic football clubs from an early age in Ireland.

BBC: Irish immigrants on the decline in England and Wales

All of the county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association are voting on the rule before they send delegates to a special congress in Dublin on Saturday, at which a final vote will be taken.

BBC: Ahern backs scrapping Rule 21

At primary level, last year a new sports programme was launched for primary schools where coaches from the Gaelic Athletic Association and the Irish Football Association go into schools to work with children aged four to eight.

BBC: Leap forward for school sports