COMMITTEE SELECTED AT CONVENTION

SLIGO GAA made a surplus of €107,621 this year. This represents a welcome improvement on last year when there was an operating deficit of €218,000.

Delegates were informed at this week’s Sligo GAA Convention that Sligo GAA’s income increased by €411,684 compared to last year’s figure, as County Board activities generated an income of €1,772,954. But there was expenditure of just over €1.5m (€1,526,738) and depreciation of assets (€138,595). These figures are for a 12-month period up to September 30. The annual income is from a variety of sources including gate receipts, livestreaming (of club games), Sligo’s share due to participation in the GAA’s Allianz National Leagues, the hosting of Cúl Camps, grants, Sport Ireland funding (€202,827), club affiliation fees and levies as well as sponsorship and fundraising. Gate receipts generated €157,490, which is down €20,586 on last

AT THIS week’s Sligo GAA Convention, which took place at the Clayton Hotel on Tuesday, the following Sligo GAA County Board Executive Committee – also known as its Management Committee – was elected for 2024: Barnes Murphy (president), John Leydon (vice president),

year’s figure of €178,076.

Sligo’s share of Allianz National League income – in the year they won Division Four of the Allianz Football League and were relegated from Division 2B of the Allianz Hurling League – was €70,966, an increase of €23,531 compared to the 2022 figure. There were increases in income from Cúl Camps as well as club affiliation fees and levies.

Commerical and fundraising was also up – a total of €425,570 compared to last year’s figure of €372,737 – and this includes an increase in revenue generated by Club Sligo, with €153,697