Council hopes to attract more women to sport

BINGO aerobics, ‘Dry Row’ rowing and 3x3 basketball are just some of the innovative ways in which the Irish Sports Council hope more girls and women can be persuaded to participate in sport.

The Women in Sport Initiative was officially launched by Sports Minister John O’Donoghue at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with the ISC providing funding of €750,000 for the project.

Half a million euro of that has been directed into 14 projects devised by various national governing bodies (NGBs) with another €131,000 being distributed across the 16 local sports partnerships.