Limerick treasurer 'excluded from decision-making' on finances

Outgoing Limerick GAA treasurer Donal Morrissey has claimed he was “excluded” from decisions relating to finances for the past 18 months.

The accounts presented to delegates at yesterday’s annual convention were anything but healthy, with team expenses increasing by €258,099 to €1,148,631. This represented a 29% jump on the 2016 figure of €890,532 despite the fact that Limerick had only one team, U21 hurling, still alive in their respective championship beyond July 1.

Providing a rough breakdown of the €1.1m spend on Limerick’s flagship teams, Morrissey said €270,000 went towards team management, players’ travelling expenses came in at €188,000, gear (€170,000), meals and catering (€156,000), medical (€125,000), hurleys/helmets/sliotars/footballs/complimentary tickets/video meetings, etc (€80,000) facility hire (€70,000), transport (€40,000), U21 hurling (€30,000).