Revelations of the precarious1 state of Waterford finances has sent shockwaves through the GAA. So how are county boards battling the recession? Brendan O’Brien looked at the model used by tomorrow’s Leinster’s quarter-finalists, Laois.

LAOIS manager Sean Dempsey is adamant the off-field problems which contributed to the county’s footballers’ disastrous summer campaign in 2009 are a thing of the past.