Great year for rugby as IRFU make €2m profit

RUGBY has bucked the national trend with the IRFU announcing a profit of almost €2 million for the past season at last evening’s annual council meeting in Dublin’s Ballsbridge Court Hotel.

Delegates were greeted by a table covered in silverware as they entered the hotel’s Grosvenor Suite following a remarkable season of success.

Honorary treasurer Tom Grace readily admitted that the €1.93m surplus came as a surprise, given that the Union had budgeted for a loss.