GAA president John Horan has said he is not seeking a meeting with Dr Ronan Glynn, or any conflict, as he revealed he has not received a response from the acting chief medical officer to a personal letter written earlier this week.
The association issued a statement on Tuesday – which Horan admitted has been perceived as "blunt" – in light of new guidelines for sporting activities to protect the public from Covid-19 transmission.
Those include a ban on supporters attending matches for the next two weeks. A GAA statement on Tuesday read: "Following this evening's unexpected announcement, the GAA invites Dr Ronan Glynn and NPHET to present the empirical evidence which informed the requirement for the association to curtail its activities.