Lurgan & Portadown Examiner, Page 19, 10-Apr-2008
Good news for local GAA clubs & schools

Last week in Croke Park, Armagh fans and players were acknowledged for raising €52,903.94 during 2007!
This is the amount generated by Gaelic Telecom and its Armagh customers for local GAA Clubs and Schools in the county. Nationally, €2.9m has been raised over the past three years for Grassroots GAA.
Armagh took 14% of the Ulster payout and achieved phenomenal growth in 2007 with the second highest earnings in the province after Donegal.

GAA President, Nickey Brennan and Sean Bolger, Chairman of the imagine Telecommunications Group and owners of Gaelic Telecom were also in attendance and revealed that during 2007 alone, €1.4m was raised nationally and this was up by 35% on the previous year.

Nickey Brennan welcomed the ongoing investment in grassroots GAA and wants the GAA Community to sign up in even greater numbers to Gaelic Telecom so that even more funding can be achieved for local GAA Clubs and Schools.

All Provinces showed great growth and while Galway, Dublin, Cork and Donegal earned the highest amounts in their respective provinces, Tyrone, Galway, Wexford and Cork showed the highest percentage growth by province.

The Gaelic Telecom partnership has grown from strength to strength in the Republic and the 6 Counties have earned 60% of the total Ulster payout and 27% of the National payout for 2007.
Armagh GAA Clubs and primary schools have already been presented with the €52,903.94 raised during 2007.