By Eoghan CormicanGalway’s club gate receipts have dramatically risen by over €270,000 in the last two years. Club officers and county delegates will be presented with details of the county’s financial situation for 2019 in Claregalway tomorrow night. Gate receipts have climbed to €977,662 from €796,403 in 2018 and an extra €90,000 from the year previous. As of this year, Galway owe €1.712m to Central Council as a result of an advanced loan — that figure stood at €2.846m in 2018. Despite total expenditure dropping to €4.32m from €4.573m last year, the county accrued an overall loss of €261,248 for 2019 having experienced a €373,831 surplus in 2018.

Source: Irish Examiner December 11, 2019 05:48 UTC