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Corporate Social Responsibility Community Relations: "The headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association is located at Croke Park, which is classified as a National Governing Body stadium, and is one of the largest of it's kind in the world. Over the years relations between Croke Park management and the community in which it is located have been troubled. In response to community concerns, the Dublin City Council in June, 2008 commissioned a broad ranging study on the economic, business and environmental effects/influences of Croke Park not only on its immediate neighbours but also across the wider Dublin City area. The study conducted by a consortium led by DKM Economic Consultants noted:

"that the opportunity to use the redevelopment Of Croke Park as a significant catalyst for master planned urban regeneration during it's redevelopment phase was not captured."

And recommended that:

"For certain a stronger focus on building a positive relationship with the 'Dublin neighbors' should be targeted in the future"

In it's Annual Report of 2011, PACT, Ltd. management acknowledged that their community relations problems persist, describing their relationship with the neighboring community as "mixed". In the weeks before Christmas, 2011, individual members of the community who have been protesting PACT's plan to demolish the local community centre were sued by the GAA/ PACT, Ltd. This action has since been condemned by a Dublin City Council committee. The community have responded by issuing a national petition of members and supporters of the GAA to stop the legal action against individual community volunteers, and to protect the centre in dispute. Legal proceedings are ongoing.

Advertising and Sponsorship:

In December of 2011, Doctor Joseph Barry spoke out on Irish radio about the dangers, particularly to young people, of exposure to Alcohol advertising. He pointed in particular to GAA sponsorship by the manufacturers of Guinness stout. Dr. Barry's commments echoed those of the The College of Psychiatry of Ireland in its press release of December 2010 in which it called for termination of all alcohol advertising and sponsorships in Ireland. In doing so they cited research showing that 86% of Irish teenagers - and more than one in five primary school children - have experimented with alcohol.