John Treacy defends GAA's €31m Covid funding allocation

Including Championship support, Gaelic games organisations to receive over 40% of resilience fund for NGBs

ROUGH LANDING: Carlow’s Paul Broderick claims possession ahead of the Offaly pair of Ruairi McNamee, centre, and Anton Sullivan in Sunday’s Leinster SFC clash in Tullamore. The GAA is set to benefit from a €31m Covid-19-related government funding package. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Sport Ireland (SI) chief executive John Treacy has defended the €31m in Covid-19-related government funding for the GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA), and Camogie Association.

Excluding the €15m provided by the State to help fund the current senior inter-county championships across the three sports, an additional €15.975m has been allocated to the Gaelic Games organisations — €9m for the GAA, €5m for clubs, €1m for the LGFA, and €795,000 for the Camogie Association