Dublin receive €15.4 million more than any other county in development grants over the last decade

Dublin GAA have received €15, 427, 560 more than any other county in coaching and games development grants over the last decade.

Figures compiled by Sunday World journalist Sean McGoldrick show that from 2007 to 2017, Dublin received €16, 612, 847 in coaching and games development grants while the next highest garnering county, Cork, received just €1, 185, 287 over the same period. https://twitter.com/SeanMcGoldrick1/status/959548617701969922 Cork have by far and away the most amount of GAA clubs with 259, well ahead of Dubin (134), Antrim (108) and Limerick (101), however, Antrim rank fourth on the list with €907, 773 in grants while Limerick rank 11th on the list with €771, 537. Interestingly, Mayo and Donegal, who have appeared in three of the last four All-Ireland finals between them, rank 26th and 27th on the list respectively. Mayo have received just €584, 561 while Donegal have received €574, 738. In 2016, Dublin received €1.46 million  - approximately 14% - of the total figure of €10.14 million that the GAA distributed to fund games development in counties. In 2017, Dublin received a total of €1,298, 630 in games development funding, however, the outlay of €1,978,055 for Dublin was eclipsed by Cork who received a total outlay of €2, 138, 845 with €1, 333, 333 for capital grant funding. Dublin also generated €1,462,529 in commercial revenue last year, in addition to the €175,000 that every county receives under 'basic distribution', as noted above. https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/910166545455882240 Dublin have won three consecutive All-Ireland titles, and 11 of the last 12 Leinster titles, but GAA Director General Páraic Duffy has dismissed suggestions that the county should be split in two. Duffy wrote in his GAA Ard Stiúrthóir report: