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From the bleak late 1990s to the boom of the 2000s – how Laois GAA turned the corner

In the late 1990s, Laois GAA was not in a good place. The county teams weren’t faring well, O’Moore Park was ageing badly, there was deep political divides within the association and, worst of all, there was a debt of more than £200,000. At the annual convention in 1999, the clubs voted for change with…