Varadkar: No further ISC fund cuts

Minister for Sport, Leo Varadkar is expecting no additional cuts in funding to the Irish Sports Council in the coming year.

The minister said there will be cutbacks of around five percent, but these are in line with the details of the Comprehensive Spending Review, adding his department is not expecting to see further cuts in the upcoming budget.

“It will be cut, but it will be cut in line with the Comprehensive Spending Review published a few months ago, so you’re talking a roughly five percent cut to the Irish Sports Council.