Galway spend on county GAA teams soars towards record €2.5m

A total of €2,449,735 was spent on the six Galway teams, most of which was spent on Padraic Joyce’s senior footballers and Henry Shefflin’s senior hurlers.

SPENDING SOARED: Galway, which last year became the first county to spend over €2m on the preparation of their teams, has seen spending this season soar close to €2.5m. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Galway, which last year became the first county to spend over €2m on the preparation of their teams, has seen spending this season soar close to €2.5m.

But despite the spend of an extra €288,238 on Galway inter-county teams, the county still shows a profit of €367,430 for the year.