Cathal Dennehy: Levels of Irish participation in sports are good but there are still holes that need filling

ON THE UP: The Sport Ireland Campus has opened Ireland’s first-ever Beach Sport Centre, which includes three beach volleyball courts. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom Maher.
When you work in the media, there’s a natural inclination to be drawn towards the negative.
Even those of us in sport, the toy department of journalism, can be suckered in by its allure – knowing the algorithms that drive interest, traffic and subscriptions are driven by the rocket fuel of outrage.