GAA President Jarlath Burns has defended the hike to All-Ireland final ticket prices, but conceded that '€100 is a lot' for the showpiece matches.
GAA President Jarlath Burns has defended the hike to All-Ireland final ticket prices, but conceded that"€100 is a lot" for the showpiece matches.
Burns, speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland after the draw for the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals, said:"I understand that there will be certainly eyebrows raised at that. "Over the next year we're going to spend €5m on our county grounds. Last year we gave €3m to our clubs in grants. That's going up to €4.5m next year and the year after up to €5m.
"This season was a compromise to the fact that our club players felt so strongly about the way the season had been structures, that they actually set up an association called the Club Players Association to address that," Burns added. "We should have a genuine football and hurling setup in every county. We have to be mindful of all of that but we are not blind and deaf to the calls that people would like to have later All-Irelands.
— The Sunday Game June 9, 2024 Burns also clarified a remark made by Limerick captain Declan Hannon after his team won the Munster SHC final on Sunday. In his acceptance speech following their defeat of Clare, Hannon said:"We've a backroom team of 53 people. I'm not gonna thank them all, but I want to thank in particular John Kiely and Paul Kinnerk for everything they do for us."
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