Coulter to help promote GAA in Newry Area

Down football captain Benny Coulter has been given a three year private sponsorship deal which allows him to quit his day job and work full time on promoting GAA in the Newry area.

Successful Down businessman Gerard O’Hare is personally funding Coulter’s three year contract, which is possible after the player passed a set of Ulster Council exams which qualify him to coach gaelic games.

"Benny is an employee of the Down Board. He is working in a coaching capacity,” explained a Down county board spokesman. “The only difference between his position and that of a full-time coach employed by the Ulster Council is that the funding for him has been sourced from the private sector. From every perspective the deal is one that suits all the parties. Benny Coulter is a massive name in Gaelic football.”