Attractive deciders boost Leinster Council coffers

Wexford’s hurlers and Kildare’s footballers may have failed to land provincial titles last summer but the presence of both counties in the respective 2017 deciders proved to be a winning combination for the Leinster Council.

The body’s annual accounts, released yesterday along with secretary Michael Reynold’s report, show the two senior finals were overwhelmingly to thank for their coffers being boosted, for the year ending October 2017, by €2,195,773.

Total income for the Leinster Council fell just €11,333 short of the €10m mark thanks, in the main, to those final attendances, both of which were streets ahead of those recorded for the corresponding fixtures in the preceding seasons.