GPA chief Ciarán Barr: 'Money spent on inter-county GAA isn't a cost; it’s an investment'

In 2019, almost €30m was spent on teams according to county board accounts and €73.9m was generated predominantly from inter-county games

Outgoing interim GPA chief executive Ciarán Barr says expenditure on inter-county teams should be considered as investments.

In his annual report before Tom Parsons assumes the role this evening, former Antrim hurler and GPA head of finances and operations Barr questioned why pre-Covid there was such criticism of the spend on preparing squads when the income generated by their games in gate receipts and commercially were handsome.