‘Handful’ of counties are in financial danger zone

LEINSTER COUNCIL secretary Michael Delaney has warned that a handful of counties in the province are in danger of falling into “serious financial difficulty”.

In his annual report, he will leave delegates at Saturday’s Council AGM in the Longford Arms Hotel under no illusion as to the precarious financial situation facing all units of the association in Leinster.

The council itself has taken severe belt-tightening measures in the last 12 months in order to balance their books after the 2010 championship season in which attendances were down appreciably.