'They’ve all been affected': Cost of pandemic to sport detailed in RTÉ show

'They had no meaningful activity. The GAA has estimated that its losses in 2020 were €34m, and the IRFU, similarly, had a loss of €36m. It’s been a huge hit to those organisations'

Ella McSweeney and Richard Curran will present Open for Business on RTÉ One. Picture: Tony Kinlan

RTÉ’s new business programme details the impact of the lockdown and pandemic on sports bodies tomorrow evening.

Mary O’Connor, CEO of the Federation of Irish Sport, tells Open For Business about the financial losses suffered by various sports bodies in the lockdown.