Aisling Maher
Aisling Maher is a prominent Gaelic camogie player and captain of the Dublin team, known for her leadership and advocacy for player rights. Recently, she was in the news for participating in a coordinated protest with her team against the mandatory wearing of skorts during matches, highlighting the discomfort and anxiety many players feel regarding their playing uniforms and the urgent need for change in the sport.
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Aisling Maher emerged as the embodiment of the campaign following an Irish Times photograph of the pair wearing shorts prior to their Leinster semi-final.
Kilkenny captain Katie Power reveals overwhelming toll of skorts protest – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-05-27
Aisling Maher is the Dublin captain who has been at the forefront of the campaign for change in camogie attire.
Dublin camogie team hopes for change at Congress – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-21
Aisling Maher welcomed the Camogie Association’s decision to hold a Special Congress.
Gaelic Players Association concerned over continuing ‘cheap remarks’ over split season – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-15
Aisling Maher is the captain of the Dublin camogie team.
Girls’ participation in sport falls off a cliff in their teens. The skorts row shows why – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-10
Aisling Maher, captain of the Dublin camogie team, expressed her disappointment over the mandatory wearing of skorts.
Newstalk’s Andrea Gilligan gives the Camogie Association’s pig-headedness short shrift – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-09
Dublin camogie player Aisling Maher has welcomed the news that may resolve the controversy.
Camogie Association calls special congress to vote on issue – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-08
Names like Aisling Maher should be household names.
The absurd skorts rule is distracting from the great things happening in camogie – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-05
Dublin captain Aisling Maher described the incident on Saturday as a 'career low' and expressed her frustration about being forced to wear a skort.
Camogie Association’s ‘bananas’ skorts rule an ‘own goal’, says Alan Kelly – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-04
We feel like we’re not being heard,” said the Dublin captain Aisling Maher on Saturday.
Denis Walsh: Camogie players are right to protest about skortsIreland· 2025-05-04
