Sport gets extra €7m from Government out of Budget ‘24
Pictured are Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD; and Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and at the Department of Education Thomas Byrne TD in the Press Centre at Government Buildings as they briefed media on Budget 2024 for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland
ALMOST €7.3m in extra funding has been awarded to Irish Sport from the Government’s Budget 2024, with €134m going to the Arts and €6m to Media.
An announcement by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media saw a €2m increase of funding to Women’s Sport, with an additional €1m going to high performance funding – coming ahead of next summer’s Paris Olympics.
