Relief as GAA income tally defies recession

THE GAA defied the recession in 2009 by achieving its biggest ever income total over, with revenue stimulated by rental income of close to €14m from rugby and soccer in Croke Park, along with an increase of €3m in commercial income.

It was helped by a smaller than anticipated drop in gate receipts – from €5.1m in 2008 to €1m in 2009.

The Association’s finance director, Tom Ryan, remarked that the news was “an awful lot more positive” that they could have anticipated.