There is a strong grain of truth running throughout that article, but it has been sensationalised and tabloided-up to the hilt.
Are any players in the league really on €7k a week ?
His conclusion is correct though- domestic football is the only institution in Ireland not to have been benefitted from the Celtic Tiger (every other sport has). The responsibility for this, in my view, rests largely with the FAI. Firstly, they squandered the large sums of money generated in the Charlton era - leaving no enduring legacy for the game here. And secondly - by being run as a discredited bucket outfit, they were constantly excluded from the top table for the distribution of government grants.
I firmly believe that history will point a stifF finger in the direction of Merrion Square* when apportioning blame for the league not benefitting from our unprecedented economic boom.
* I know the FAi are no longer there.
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