Call for GAA chiefs to level the financial playing field in Leinster

Laois captain John O’Loughlin believes Dublin’s €1.46m per annum games development grant should be spread evenly around the 12 Leinster counties.

As half of the province go into action in the first round of the provincial competition this weekend including Laois against Wexford on Saturday, O’Loughlin knows there is a gulf between Dublin and the rest of Leinster that the others can’t bridge.

A former games promotion officer with his club St Brigid’s in Dublin, O’Loughlin has seen first-hand just how much the capital benefit from the large sums they receive.