Clare county board has outgoings of over €15,000 a week.

The staggering figure was revealed by treasurer Bernard Keane at this week's monthly meeting in Ennis' West County Hotel. Since the start of the board's financial year on November 1 last, the total spend has been €439,460, which equates to €15,695 per week. Inter-county team expenses - which were €255,982 for the first four months of the financial year - accounted for well over half of the expenditure.

Team expenses included the €55,000 which was spent on holidays for the senior and U21 hurlers as a reward for winning All-Ireland titles last year. The biggest expense outside of team expenses related to administration costs, which were €67,238.

At the same meeting, former Munster Council chairman and GAA presidential candidate Noel Walsh called on the board to bite the bullet and build a new stand at Cusack Park, which is desperately in need of an upgrade.

"We need to put up a new stand that will stand for the next 40 to 50 years and put in all the modern facilities which the current one does not have," he said. Tweet

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