GAA, FAI and IRFU risk losing up to €5.2m in funding

The ‘Women in Sport’ policy update shows that the GAA, IRFU and FAI have an average of 16.6 per cent female representatives on their boards. However, Sport Ireland expressed satisfaction that, more generally, sport was making progress on the issue.

FAI chairman Roy Barrett during the official launch of the FAI Strategy 2022-2025 at HBV Studios. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Half of all national governing bodies (NGBs) have achieved the required gender-balance quota of a minimum of 40% female members on their boards, one year ahead of the 2023 deadline.

According to new data released by Sport Ireland, the three largest three sporting organisations have yet to achieve more than half of that required representative number, risking a combined €5.2m in funding.