Letters to the Editor: Counting the cost of going to GAA games

One reader questions the price of club GAA match tickets, while others look at issues including climate change, staffing levels in the Defence Forces, and Irish unity 

Fourmilewater's James McGrath and Thomas O'Gorman putting the pressure on Ballygunner's Kevin Mahony during Saturday's Waterford Senior Hurling Championship semi-final at Fraher Field. The Gunners went on to win 1-23 to 1-15. Picture: Patrick Browne

The cost of going to club GAA matches has gone beyond the ordinary working family.

For myself, my wife, and my two teenage children (one of whom is a college student), to attend last Saturday evening’s Waterford county senior hurling semi-final in Dungarvan between Fourmilewater and Ballygunner was €70!