Northside man vying for top role in ladies’ GAA

A NORTHSIDE man is in the running to become the President-elect of the Ladies’ Gaelic Football Association (LGFA). 

Dominic Leech is vying for the top position in ladies’ football with two other candidates, Micheál Naughton and Liam McDonagh, both from Sligo. 

Mr Leech is the current Leinster LGFA President, and he was manager of the Wicklow team that won the 2011 TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship.

Mr Leech’s home club is Whitehall Colmcilles and his current club is Newtownmountkennedy in Wicklow, where he’s actively involved.

Delegates attending this weekend’s Ladies’ Gaelic Football Association Annual Congress at the Lough Rea Hotel, Galway, will vote on their preferred candidate to become LGFA President-elect.

The three candidates are vying to take over from current President Marie Hickey in 2021, and the winner of the vote will then serve a four-year term. The successful candidate will become the 13th different President of the LGFA since its inception in 1974.

Delegates attending the event will hear from all three Presidential hopefuls on Saturday afternoon, before the votes will be cast, and the President-elect revealed.

The LGFA’s 2020 Annual Congress gets underway tonight and is expected to conclude on Saturday evening.