Sweeney: We could not afford NY trip

Leitrim secretary Diarmuid Sweeney has revealed the county could not afford to fulfil last month’s FBD ‘away’ final fixture against New York.

Leitrim informed Connacht Council they would be unable to foot the €20,000 bill involved in making the trip stateside, with the provincial hierarchy announcing on Wednesday night they were scraping the annual fixture.

“We have a number of developments ongoing in the county and it just wasn’t financially possible to do it this year,” said Sweeney.