Grants cut to sporting bodies

HORSE RACING IRELAND (HRI) and Special Olympics Ireland have had their funding for core activities reduced by a combined total of €350,000 in the latest round of grants to the country’s national governing bodies (NGBs) for the Irish Sports Council.

Most of the 60 or so NGBS listed saw their allocations cut, which was no surprise given the current economic climate, but most were by nominal amounts apart from aforementioned.

Special Olympics Ireland has had €256,427 cut from its budget which will still top over €2.3m while HRI has had €100,000 removed from a figure that had almost touched a million.