Munster GAA CEO welcomes inter-county certification programme

Munster GAA CEO Kieran Leddy says the GAA's proposed inter-county certification programme is long overdue and is essential to tackle the "runaway train" of inter-county team costs. In his annual report to convention which takes place in Limerick on Friday, the Munster CEO welcomed the publication of the Amateur Status Review Committee report and points out that the GAA is far from amateur in many respects. "Administration at county, provincial and national level is now managed professionally. The Association has close to 700 employees in administration and games development. Training and preparation standards at inter-county level are now beyond where they were even a decade or so ago....