Connacht cutbacks: Removal of pre-season GAA tournaments will hit each county where it hurts

At a provincial Council meeting this week, the management committee’s recommendation to half the rent payable to each county in the province for use of venues for Championship games was endorsed. 

CRUNCH: Galway's Cillian Ó Curraoin and Leitrim's Donal Casey in the 2024 Connacht FBD League semi-final in Bekan. The decision to remove the pre-season tournament from the GAA schedule has consequences. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

THE GAA's Connacht Council has been forced to reduce rent payments to counties for the 2025 SFC as a result of fresh funding difficulties, namely the GAA’s decision to axe the FBD Connacht League.

At this month’s provincial council meeting, the management committee’s recommendation to half the rent payable for use of venues in the competition was endorsed.