GAA integration could cost up to €1bn

Construction of new pitches, dressing rooms and other upgrades would drive the estimated tally. 

Jarlath Burns, GAA President, at the Camogie Association Annual Congress at the Westgrove Hotel, Naas last week.  Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

A comprehensive integration of the GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and Camogie Association (CA) could cost up to €1 billion.

Surveyed by the Irish Examiner, leading GAA figures estimate the expense of the amalgamation might be as much as a 10-figure sum with the construction of new pitches, dressing rooms and upgrades being the principal outlays.