Camogie Association president Brian Molloy has rubbished suggestions that full integration between his Association, the GAA and LGFA would cost around €500 million.

Speaking on RTÉ 2fm's Game On, Molloy dismissed a claim made by his GAA counterpart Jarlath Burns last week that the unification of the three organisations in 2027 would cost the GAA "over half a billion" 

"That's nonsense," Molloy said.

"The €500 million figure is a number I'm not entirely sure where it came from but it relates to the overall cost of infrastructure upgrades - so in terms of making sure the dressing-rooms are fit for purpose and extra dressing-rooms being put on to stadiums and into facilities.

"Those dressing rooms need to be upgraded and brought up to standard in any event whether we integrated or didn't integrate. So that's a cost of infrastructure and we absolutely need - and the three associations when combined into one - will need Government support in terms of bringing the infrastructure up to that level, that fit for purpose level.

"But that's not a cost of integration, that's a cost of modernisation, it's a cost of reflecting the increased number of people who are playing our sports."

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