GAA's county boards brace for 85% loss in gate receipts

The Cork county board will lose out on €353k in gate receipts for the period of club activity between late July and the end of August

Supporters look on through a fence from outside the ground during the Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship Group 4 Round 1 match between Toomevara and Borris-Ileigh at McDonagh Park in Nenagh. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

County boards across the country are bracing themselves for an 85% loss in gate receipts as a result of the Government decision to retain crowd restrictions at 200 people for outdoor events.

With the bulk of club championship games in each county to be run off this month, Tuesday’s decision not to increase crowd sizes has left county chairmen and treasurers forecasting colossal falls in gate receipts and sizable end of year deficits.