GAA planning new 'high-performance licence' in bid to tackle 'juggernaut' intercounty team costs

GAA president Jarlath Burns had earlier told Fine Gael TD Micheál Carrigy the GAA had seen spending of '€44m and rising substantially' on intercounty teams and this figure 'would not be sustainable in a fully integrated GAA'.

The GAA is planning a new "high-performance licence" in a bid to tackle "juggernaut" intercounty team costs, which could reach an "unsustainable" €120m annually.

The association's president Jarlath Burns told TDs and senators a new licence would be proposed at the GAA's congress in a bid to bring down costs.