Revealed: How much does it cost to run an inter-county GAA training session?

Where the greatest savings must be applied is in inter-county team preparations, which almost reached €30m in total last year

Inter-county players’ mileage rate, which had been 65c per mile, is set to be cut to 45c for the first 100 miles travelled and 30c per mile thereafter. Picture: Brendan Moran 

In Croke Park, as well as in every county board and provincial council right now, 30 isn’t the magic number but the necessary one. For that is the percentage cut to costs that is being applied across the board as the organisation tightens its belt.

Inter-county players’ mileage rate, which had been 65c per mile, is set to be cut to 45c for the first 100 miles travelled and 30c per mile thereafter. Similar reductions will be applied to officers and match officials’ rates, which had previously stood at 50c per mile.