Cost of preparing Cork GAA teams soars by €370,000
The cost of preparing Cork’s intercounty teams has gone up from €1.37m in 2016 to €1.74m for 2017 (in 2015 the figure was €1.44m).
Much of the increase in spending can be put down to the Cork senior hurlers having a lengthy run in the championship, reaching the All-Ireland semi-final, with the county minors and U17s also reaching their All-Ireland finals.
That helps to account for a significant jump in the spending on travel and overnight costs, for instance, which went from €55,139 last year to €121,409 in 2017.
The past year also saw a major increase under other costs, which includes gear, equipment and medical costs, which went from €482,503 last year to €631,377 this season.
This will surely have been noted by the new fundraising venture on Leeside, CSF Limited, which is to find revenue streams for Cork teams.
