GAA president-elect flew 80,000 miles over three months

GAA president-elect Larry McCarthy has revealed he flew approximately 80,000 air miles in the last three months of his successful campaign to become the 40th president of the GAA.

GAA president Larry McCarthy has revealed he flew approximately 80,000 air miles in the last three months of his successful campaign to become the 40th president of the GAA.

The Bishopstown-born man outlined that over half of those trips from Newark Airport close to his New Jersey home were done this year as the race to succeed John Horan next February intensified. “Think about it, 6,000 miles a trip,” he told the Irish Examiner. “I’ve been here (in Ireland) six weekends in a row. So that’s 36,000 air miles and that was just January and February.