O’Neill: GAA will resist paying for grant scheme

GAA President Liam O’Neill insists the association will resist picking up the tab for the player grants scheme if the Government pulls its funding.

Junior Sports Minister Michael Ring admitted recently that some form of cut to the scheme currently valued at just over €1m will be announced in next week’s budget.

He said he was still prepared to “do a deal” with the GAA but conceded it was a hard sell to his Government colleagues and he couldn’t give any guarantees about its future.