GPA rejects ‘elitist’ funding cuts

MINISTER Martin Cullen’s proposal to cut €2.5m from the inter-county player scheme and restrict it to 20 county teams has been branded as “elitist” and “absolutely despicable” by GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell.

The remarks were made at a meeting between the players’ body and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs at Leinster House where the issue of funding was top of the agenda.