'For the good of the country': Camogie's greatest benefactor giving back to game she loves

Carmel Naughton, the media-shy matriarch of the Glen Dimplex empire, puts a love of camogie as one of the most formative experiences in her life
'For the good of the country': Camogie's greatest benefactor giving back to game she loves

CAPTAIN'S CALL: Pictured ahead of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final is Kilkenny’s Claire Phelan and Ashling Thompson of Cork. Picture ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

CARMEL NAUGHTON is either the greatest benefactor the sport of camogie has had, or its most important ever sponsor.

For someone who has become the most influential female commercial partner across all Irish sport, she is at pains throughout our interview to emphasise that her multi-million euro outlay has not been done for praise.

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