THE GAA HAVE confirmed that Covid-19 cost the Association €25.2m over the past two years, while they’ve reported a surplus of €13.5m for 2021.
At the launch of the GAA’s annual report in Croke Park today, it emerged that the GAA recovered from the pandemic with central revenues of €68.2m.
There was a positive outlook also for individual counties, as the 32 county boards reported a combined surplus of €8.3m, with the four provincial councils recording a surplus of €3.3m. It meant the combined surplus at Central Council (€1.9m), provincial and county level amounted to the national figure of €13.5m.
The return of attendances and increased media and sponsorship revenues saw the GAA bounced back strongly in the 2021 financial year after reporting a consolidated deficit of €27m the year before.
From 2020 to 2021, gate receipts rose by €3.6m to €11.7 and the operating surplus went from €3.1 to €47m.
Government funding accounted for €29.8m of the Association’s revenue in 2021 and over €50m in the past two years.
The 2021 accounts cover an 11-month period from November 2020 to September 2021 which includes two All-Ireland championships.
Robbie Keane deserves a statue outside Landsdowne Road, our greatest ever player
If rob keane is your best ever player I feel sorry for Irish football. On another note David Moyes is a fraud to football.
scores heaps of goals for us, loves playing for his country, most caps, amazing servant.
I bet your raging nobody took the bait
Keane has more goals than any English player ever in international football history…..
Remember England playing Emile Heskey on the wing at the World Cup?? Donkeys that country are at football
Strange but I have a good feeling about this game IRL 3 – 0 SWE . Come on you boys in green
Sweden and Austria are both there for the taking. COYBIG
Would love to see a full or almost full Aviva tonight, seems to be such a rarity for football matches at it. Not sure of our chances but we did play well away from home against them, COYBIG
obviously i understand the financial problems meaning people can’t afford the FAI’s ridiculously overpriced tickets also.
It’s Robbie Keanes boyhood dream to play for Sweden
Most overused joke in Irish football…