Tipperary GAA’s costs pass €1m but board remain in the black

The cost of preparing Tipperary teams has crashed through the €1m barrier for the first time in three years - but county board officials still managed to reveal a financial surplus for 2015.

Premier County top brass are €129,521 in the black, following on from a healthy €319,613 profit reported 12 months ago. Total income this year is €4,054,442 and expenditure comes in at €3,924,920,encouraging results considering loans totalling €200,000 were paid back to the four divisional boards.A payment in the region of €100,000 was also submitted to Croke Park in relation to an existing loan.

Gate receipts also rose considerably to €403,013 this year, up €89,023 from last year, but this sum includes €47,710 from fixtures held last November, including the 2014 county senior hurling final.