GAA paid out €15m to insurance claims over past five years

LIABILITY: Young supporters take a chance with a risky view of the Munster MFC clash between Kerry and Cork at Austin Stack Park in Tralee. Pic: James Crombie, Inpho

GAA units are “completely failing” to control use of their property, resulting in €15m worth of personal injury claims being taken against the association over the past five years.

The warning from Connacht GAA operations manager Adrian Hassett is that unless there is a drastic improvement in the management of GAA property and the provision of facilities for non-GAA activity, the association will not be able to continue to secure insurance cover.