Mayo keep ’em waiting

Mayo GAA clubs have been denied the chance to review the county’s secretary report ahead of tomorrow’s convention.

The county board’s officers decided to keep their accounts and the secretary’s report under wraps until the meeting in order to ensure a good attendance at convention at Breaffy House Hotel tomorrow.

The board has come under fire in recent weeks with clubs demanding full transparency on how the county’s All-Ireland final tickets were allocated.

Ballina Stephenites also told the executive they would no longer continue to sell the county board’s €100 tickets while North Mayo was not being used as a host venue for senior games.

The move heaps pressure on the board following the acknowledgement that the redevelopment of MacHale Park in Castlebar had heaped a debt of €11.6m on the county, with €600,000 being written down and the remainder secured through renegotiated loans between the bank and Croke Park.

Last year the accounts showed a cost of €750,760 to fund all county teams’ activities, including the run to the 2012 All-Ireland final.