New roadmap may bring relief for cash-strapped sports

Major funding increases are finally in the pipeline for the cash-strapped Irish high-performance sports sector with the imminent publication of the Government’s Sports Policy Document in the coming months.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin hinted at the expected bump at Trinity College in Dublin yesterday where he gave the opening address at the Federation of Irish Sport’s annual conference.

The conference focused on the New Zealand sports model and the successes it has enjoyed at grassroots and elite levels in the past decade.