The GAA, FAI and IRFU have all outlined the stark financial situation facing sport in Ireland.

All three have appeared before the Oireachtas Covid-19 Response Committee, making their case for the safe return of spectators to stadiums.

IRFU Chief Executive Philip Brown has told the committee their finances will deteriorate 'at an alarming rate' into 2021 if spectators do not return to stadia in meaningful numbers.

FAI interim CEO Gary Owens has said the combined losses of the association and football clubs is roughly 19 million euro.