GAA to overhaul funding model for coaching and games development

Believing the GAA’s coaching and games development funding of Dublin to be disproportionate, John Connellan has proposed the idea of counties receiving funding based on registered members

16 February 2021; Ard Stiúrthóir of the GAA Tom Ryan pitchside at Croke Park in Dublin after a remote media briefing announcing the 2020 GAA Annual Report and Financial Accounts. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The GAA are set to overhaul their coaching and games development funding model and mechanism following a review.

As Roscommon and Mayo passed motions for Congress calling for a more equitable system of distribution as has been campaigned by former Westmeath footballer John Connellan, GAA director general Tom Ryan wrote to counties yesterday revealing details of the plans.