Sport
Budget leaves sporting bodies running to stand still
A 5 per cent increase in funding leaves little room for new measures, with inflation biting hard
Government funding for sports and recreation for 2024 has been set at €183.3 million, a top-line increase of 5 per cent.
While Thomas Byrne, the Minister for Sport, heralded that increase as “significant” given that inflation has been running at a similar level, the truth is that this is a status-quo budget for sports as there was little room for new measures.
Among the measures highlighted by Byrne were a doubling of funding for women ...