Dessie Farrell will vacate his role as chief executive of the Gaelic Players' Association in December.

An All-Ireland winner with Dublin in 1995, Farrell was a founding member of the GPA that same year and became chief executive in 2003. Announcing his decision to step aside, he states: "Throughout my life I feel extremely grateful to have been involved in gaelic games.

"I have enjoyed a long career with my club Na Fianna, an underage and senior county career with Dublin football which has spanned three decades and have been involved in coaching of younger Dublin players at different age levels over the past decade.

"I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work in a career so intrinsically linked to the sports I love. It has been a tremendous honour to have led the GPA and to have served our county players over the past decade and half.

"We are all extremely proud of what has been achieved in that time and I feel truly privileged to have witnessed the growth, development and success of the organisation in that period."

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