Colmcilles at Croke Park health event

IN attendance at the GAA Healthy Clubs Recognition Event, supported by Irish Life, which saw 58 GAA clubs recognised as the first official ‘Healthy Clubs’ on the island of Ireland are, from left, Conor McDonald, age 6, Méabh McDonald, age 4, Alannah Lalor, age 5, and Aoibhe Lalor age 7, all from the St Colmcilles Healthy Club in Meath.

The GAA’s Healthy Clubs Project hopes to transform GAA clubs nationally into hubs for community health and wellbeing.

As part of the programme, each club is trained to deliver advice and information programmes on a variety of different topics including, physical activity; emotional wellbeing; healthy eating; community development, to name but a few.