Clare GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald questions ‘bogus’ injury cash claims

Clare GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald has alleged that two individuals in the county received money from the GAA’s player injury scheme despite sustaining their injuries while playing soccer and rugby.

Fitzgerald announced at Wednesday night’s Clare convention that insurance costs for next year were increasing by 51%, hitting out at the “bogus claims” which were lodged against the player injury scheme in 2015.

The county board secretary was dumbfounded at how clubs could sign off on a claim when the injury of the individual in question had not arisen from GAA-related activity.