Dublin funding set for significant hit as Sport Ireland grants reduced

From 2017 to ’19, Dublin games development received €1.23m per annum, slightly reduced from €1.43m per annum in 2015 and ‘16

From 2017 to ’19, Dublin games development received €1.23m per annum, slightly reduced from €1.43m per annum in 2015 and ‘16

Monies for the development of GAA in Dublin are set to be hit as Sport Ireland’s (SI) coaching grant for the GAA in 2020 will be significantly reduced from previous years.

The youth field sport subvention, a large portion of which has been used to subsidise coaching in Dublin since the early 2000s, was €3.238m in 2019 having been €2.409m in 2018.