GAA fix All-Ireland final tickets for €60 and fans are furious

When is a price reduction not a price reduction?

When you drop the price of All-Ireland football final replay tickets from €80 to €60, that's when. Early on Monday afternoon the GAA announced that tickets for the October 1st replay between Mayo and Dublin would be be €60 for the stands and €30 for the terraces. However fans were quick to point out that tickets for the 2014 All-Ireland hurling final replay were reduced from €80 to €50 for the Cusack, Hogan and Davin Stands, with terrace tickets available for €25. Wexford goalkeeper Anthony Masterson was among those to note the inequality. https://twitter.com/antomasterson1/status/777837198074900480 But he was not alone, with GAA fans around the country furious at the perceived price increase. https://twitter.com/Chimp1979/status/777828880354795520 https://twitter.com/GuilfoyleLauren/status/777826738600550400 https://twitter.com/coilinduffy/status/777833582828068864 A spokesperson for the GAA defended the decision, telling SportsJOE it represented a 25% reduction on tickets for the drawn match. "It is still a reduction. It was the decision taken for 2016. It is still a 25% reduction and very competitive when compared to other premium sporting events," he said. When still available, tickets for Ireland's November Internationals against Australia and New Zealand ranged in price from €35 to €95. The Republic of Ireland's upcoming World Cup qualifier with Georgia at the Aviva is priced from €30 to €80. The GAA were expected to take in something in the region of €3million from the replay, when calculated at the 2014 hurling final prices.

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