Recession bites hard for Galway Football Board

THE difficulties being faced by the GAA in the recession has been illustrated with Galway Football Board reporting a 50% drop in money raised through fundraising and a further 25% reduction in the amount received from sponsorship and commercial activity.

The figures produced in Galway are set to be repeated at county conventions all over the country this month as the GAA counts the cost of the downturn. Galway Football Board chairman John Joe Holleran summed it up when he stated that there wasn’t ‘a home or family in the country’ that had not been hit by the recession.

But despite the massive drop in sponsorship and fundraising, Galway Football Board managed to return a profit in 2009 by slashing their cost base.