GAA consider outside help to tackle pay issue

GAA chiefs are considering employing an independent agency to audit county boards in a bid to stamp out illegal payments to inter-county managers.

At last Friday’s management committee meeting, the county boards’ overwhelming support to advocate the implementation of the GAA’s rules on its amateur status was endorsed (option 2 in the discussion paper).

However, Croke Park officials warned counties will now have to back up the words with action and fully comply with their financial affairs being scrutinised forensically.