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Article: The GPA have reacted with alarm to comments by Sports Minister Martin Cullen that appear to indicate the government is no longer willing to support the player grants scheme.
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- Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2009
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GPA anger as Minister calls time on player grants scheme
The GPA have reacted with alarm to comments by Sports Minister Martin Cullen that appear to indicate the government is no longer willing to support the player grants scheme.
Cullen told the D?il that he no longer had the '3.5m needed to pay the grants, promting an angry response from the players' body.
"As of this morning, we are concerned that we are still awaiting official clarification from official sources," said a GPA spokesperson. "But it would appear, given the Minister's comments last ...