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Published 22:02 1 Aug 2026 BST
Updated 19:43 1 Aug 2026 BST

The GAA Allianz partnership will continue after the Association’s Management Committee and Central Council “overwhelmingly agreed” on Saturday to maintain the long-running sponsorship deal, following renewed concerns raised by Tyrone GAA.
Confirming the outcome, the GAA said in a statement:
“Following a comprehensive discussion, it was overwhelmingly agreed to endorse the decision taken last December to adopt the recommendation of the Ethics and Integrity Commission report and to maintain this partnership.”
Protests have been a recurring feature at championship games this year, with one demonstration disrupting the GAA’s annual Congress at Croke Park in February. As RTÉ reported, the issue was revisited after correspondence from Tyrone, but the outcome leaves the GAA Allianz arrangement firmly in place for now.
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Allianz sponsors the National Leagues and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and also underwrites all of the GAA’s clubs and grounds. The insurer has faced sustained pressure since a July 2025 report by UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese identified its German parent company, through subsidiary PIMCO, among firms holding Israeli government bonds. Last August, close to 800 current and former players signed a petition urging the GAA to drop the sponsor, and several county boards passed motions calling for the deal to be scrapped. You can follow the latest GAA news as the story develops.
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