Ladies target 40,000 All-Ireland

The Ladies Gaelic Football Association have targeted an attendance of 40,000 for their All-Ireland finals by 2016.

The LGFA’s newly-appointed PR and media manager Derek Kinnevey accepts the figure is an ambitious goal but insists it can be achieved.

He said: “We have our targets set and one of the targets is to have 40,000 at the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park by 2016. That’s very ambitious but something we can achieve. (President) Pat Quill has also spoken about how difficult it can be to get women to support Ladies football and we want to get more women actively supporting and involved in the sport.