GPA hopeful of player grants

THE GPA’s commercial director Donal O’Neill is hopeful that the Government can be persuaded to pass legislation early next year that will provide all inter-county hurlers and footballers with annual grants of between €1,000 and €2,500.

O'Neill and GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell met with Irish Sports Council (ISC) chairman John Treacy and GAA President Sean Kelly on Wednesday in the latest round of discussions over the proposal.

O'Neill is now hoping that the GAA, GPA and ISC can sit down for discussions with the Departments of Sport and Finance sometime in the New Year which would take the issue forward.