Revealed: Where €150m in sports grants are going

Some €144m is allocated to almost 1,900 applications with €6m kept in reserve for successful appeals lodged by unsuccessful applicants

Olympic gold medalists Paul O'Donovan, left, and Fintan McCarthy of Skibbereen Rowing Club, which will receive a €66,000 injection in funding under the new capital grants. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

A record €150m has been provided for the government's Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, with Cork clubs behind a range of Olympic athletes among the recipients.

Tourism, Sport and Media Minister Catherine Martin announced the new capital grants on Friday, including a €66,000 funding boost to Skibbereen rowing club and €290,000 for Bandon Athletics Club, among the Cork awardees.