Government’s €230m Community Sports Facilities Fund distributed among more than 40 separate sports
Conor McKenna aiming to become only the second player in history to win both a Sam Maguire and an AFL PremiershipThe disparity in grants between certain sports has been a talking point over the years in relation to the grassroots funding scheme, formerly known as the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme.
A total of more than 40 separate sports, as well as multi-sport and recreational facilities, have received funding. If Gaelic games is top of the pile, at the other end of the table is hillwalking , taekwondo , and lacrosse . “The summary by sport is informed by how the relevant applicants identify their organisation. Some fill in the application as ‘handball club’ others as a ‘GAA club’ or ‘Gaelic games’. This is the reason for a separate category,” said a Government spokesperson.
Among the GAA county boards that received positive news in relation to their applications were Cavan, Carlow, Clare, Galway, Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Mayo, Meath, Kildare, Limerick, Tipperary, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow, and Monaghan.
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