GAA likely to drop ticket prices

GAA president Christy Cooney has indicated that the GAA will drop ticket prices for the forthcoming season.

Cooney, who had previously said there would be no cut in prices, was speaking in Kuala Lumpar from the All-Star football tour.

He said: ‘It is something we are giving serious consideration to.

‘We are reviewing our whole ticketing system for next year and I would hope that, if not next week, than very soon after it we will announce some decisions on our ticketing pricing for next season.

‘We haven't increased ticket prices for five years. Indeed, outside of the top-line prices, we've reduced costs all over the place through family tickets and other schemes.

‘Like everything else, we have to produce a budget for next year and we have to balance the books.

‘If the association reduces the prices in regard to tickets, and that includes the provincial councils, something else will have to suffer, with the amount of money we have available for the clubs and the county boards.

‘So we have to be aware of that as well. There are swings and roundabouts but we are very conscious of our position as regards to our patrons, we want to give them the best value we can.’