London’s bonus as recession hits

LONDON GAA are one of the few beneficiaries of Ireland’s economic downturn, with surge in the number of GAA players seeking work across the Irish Sea.

There has been a “sizeable increase” in transfer requests from Irish people wanting to play Gaelic games in London and they are expected to increase even further this coming autumn.

In scenes not too dissimilar from the 1980s, secretary of London GAA board Niall Erskine says transfer requests are up a massive 50% on their 2007 numbers.