Hawk-Eye profits surge to €24m on new global contracts

Hawk-Eye score detection technology has become an integral part of the big GAA match occasions at Croke Park over the last number of years

The income from GAA’s hurling and Gaelic football represents only a small fraction of Hawkeye’s revenues. Picture: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

Pre-tax profits at the sports tech firm that decides questionable points in top GAA games and is behind the controversial VAR technology in football this year increased by 19% to £20.28m (€24.08m).

New accounts for Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd show the business recorded the increase in pre-tax profits as revenues increased by 27% from £62.05m to £78.74m (€93.1m) in the 12 months to the end of March this year.