Irish sports firm hopes to tap World Cup

Support in Sport, the Irish firm that provides sports pitches around the world, hopes to benefit from the World Cup finals next year.

New accounts filed by the company’s UK arm show revenues at the Support in Sport Group Ltd climbed 38% to £25m (€27.8m) last year.

However, pre-tax profits at the company, which has its head offices in Sligo, fell 25% to £1.18m, as the cost of sales and administrative expenses increased significantly.