Plea for investment in sport at grassroots

Irish sport has been corrupted by Government interference and an “obsession” with competing with international superpowers, it was claimed today.

Plea for investment in sport at grassroots

Irish sport has been corrupted by Government interference and an “obsession” with competing with international superpowers, it was claimed today.

Former Sports Minister Bernard Allen said debate about professional soccer and spectator sports had dominated the agenda for two years, to the detriment of the development of sport at school and club level.

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