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

Scanning the details in the annual Irish Sports Monitor, not everything is rosy in Irish sport. But in terms of participation, the picture is improving year on year.

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.