The three Kerry clubs that have reached All-Ireland finals have raised over \u20ac100,000 towards their team preparations.<\/p>\n
In just a few days, over \u20ac55,000 has been accumulated on the GoFundMe website for the cause of intermediate finalists An Ghaeltacht. The fundraiser was set up following their extra-time semi-final win over Sallins in SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh last Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have reached the All-Ireland final for the first time in 22 years,\u201d their message on the website reads. \u201cWe desperately need financial support to cover the costs of the campaign. Can we count on you? Sprid, Cro\u00ed, Caid, Teanga.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
On iDonate, the Ballymacelligott club, who face Tyrone\u2019s Clogher \u00c9ire \u00d3g in the junior final in Croke Park on Sunday prior to An Ghaeltacht\u2019s clash with Glenullin, have attracted almost \u20ac23,000.<\/p>\n
On the same website, Dingle GAA have raised in excess of \u20ac30,000, a number which is expected to grow significantly before Sunday week\u2019s decider with St Brigid\u2019s.<\/p>\n
On X on Tuesday, captain Paul Geaney posted: \u201cThank you all so much for the well wishes and nice messages after last weekend. Next week we go to Croke Park and hope to finish the job. If you\u2019re interested in donating to the cause we\u2019re very grateful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a great show of community spirit on Monday, Glenullin\u2019s members combined to clear snow off the club\u2019s pitch so that the players could train on it ahead of the final.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ulster GAA have welcomed the Northern Ireland Executive\u2019s intention to reflect inflationary pressures in additional funding for Casement Park.<\/p>\n
Finance Minister John O\u2019Dowd\u2019s draft budget includes an extra \u00a340 million (\u20ac46m) for the redevelopment of the Belfast venue, although the budget is subject to public consultation and further consideration.<\/p>\n
The figure would bring the secured funding for the stadium to just over \u00a3210m (\u20ac242m). The executive initially committed \u00a362.5m (\u20ac72m) to the project in 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ulster GAA & its Stadium Project Board welcomes the publication of the Northern Ireland Executive\u2019s Draft Budget and the proposed increase in funding for the re-development of Casement Park to take account of inflationary pressures given delays for the project to date,\u201d the provincial council\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis represents a significant and positive step forward in a project that Ulster GAA, alongside many partners, has worked diligently on for a number of years to secure.<\/p>\n
\u201cCasement Park is an Executive flagship programme for government priority and a vital piece of sporting and community infrastructure, not only for Gaelic games but for the wider sporting and cultural life of the North.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The three Kerry clubs that have reached All-Ireland finals have raised over \u20ac100,000 towards their team preparations. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4365,6937,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-231489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-gaelic-football","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}