Finances an on-going cause of concern for GAA

THE qualifier series in both the football and hurling championships may not be quite the money-spinner for the GAA that the figure of €2.6m in gate receipts last year would indicate.

Within the association there is concern that the increasing number of live television games over the course of the season is having a serious impact on attendances at domestic level. An audit of county finances, yet to be completed, is expected to confirm this trend.

Predictably, because of the greater number of games played, the football qualifier series generated the bigger return €1.7m, with the hurling games yielding €0.9m.