WLD, Seeing you have brought up the money angle, you should direct that question to the Republic soccer authorities, over one million went missing after Irelands last world cup bid, as for the GAA, squeaky clean, no one has EVER been accused over money matters.
That is more than can be said for the English club managers throughout the years, between brown envelopes [Brian Clough] and all of the recent scandal regarding transfer bungs you should be careful about mentioning money matters.