GAA scores big with €25m season bonanza

GATE receipts from this year’s hurling and football championships are set to top the €25 million mark following another bumper year for the GAA.

Attendances at the 2004 hurling championship are set to surpass last year's figure of more than €740,000, aided by the provincial victories of Waterford and Wexford. In Munster alone, more than 167,000 supporters attended the five provincial championship games.

Numbers attending the football championship are even more impressive, with over 1.25 million people already through the turnstiles even before the final between Kerry and Mayo on September 26.