Munster chief seeks ‘urgent’ action on slide in attendances

THE Munster Council are to examine the decline in attendances for this year’s provincial senior championship games as a matter of urgency, according to chairman Sean Walsh.

The Kerry native also insists the GAA has a duty to recognise the pressures the economic climate has placed on supporters of Gaelic games.

The issue of attendances has been a nationwide concern for GAA chiefs this season with the most prominent example in Munster being the senior hurling semi-final meeting of Waterford and Clare that only drew 11,027.