Federation seeks €4.4m funding boost for sport

The bid to restore sport’s savaged funding levels kicked-off yesterday with a call for the Government to increase their commitment to the sector by €4.4m in the next two years.

The pre-Budget call from the Federation of Irish Sport would see the Government’s commitment to current funding – as opposed to capital projects — return to 2011 levels by the time the next Olympic Games takes place in Rio de Janeiro.

Current funding has been diluted by 27% in the last six years.