Cooney defends fee charged for ladies’ decider

GAA president Christy Cooney has defended the fee levied on the Ladies Football Association for the use of Croke Park last Sunday and rejected any suggestion that the figure extended into six figures.

Ladies Football president Pat Quill confirmed in the Irish Examiner yesterday that there was a sizeable fee involved in staging their finals. Though he declined to say how much it was, one estimate ranged from between €90,000 to €100,000.

“I don’t know what it is,” said Cooney who was in Croke Park yesterday for the VHI GAA Cul Day Out. “Our stadium people negotiate that and it is the same for camogie. I don’t know what the rent is. It’s something I’ll check out.