IRFU warns financial situation still delicate as another deficit recorded

The union's accounts, released at today's AG, show again just how much of a hit sports bodies have taken this last two years

The ongoing financial hits being caused by Covid were emphasised again today with the IRFU announcing a deficit of €10million for the year ending on July 31st. This comes on the back of a €36million deficit reported for the preceding 15 months.

These are enormous sums of money for any national governing body but, as Browne said, they are no outliers in this sense such has been the hits absorbed by the sporting sector and every other corner of the economy here and around the world.