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.
A good match report generally names the starting teams and substitutes out…
Why all the ‘stealing’? Looks like they won it fair and square
Wonder was any player on show worth limerick signing ???