Katrina and Pamela Mackey fear impact of lockdown on girls in sport

Cork camogie's Mackey twins were at Saturday’s anti-lockdown protest in Cork city

Twin sisters Katriona and Pamela Mackey were at Saturday’s anti-lockdown protest in Cork city. Picture: Larry Cummins

Camogie twins Katrina and Pamela Mackey fear the continued restrictions on sporting activity will lead to an increased number of teenage girls stepping away from sport.

In a week where Sport Ireland highlighted that by the age of 13-15 many girls have labelled themselves “not sporty”, the 10-time All-Ireland-winning sisters believe greater numbers of female teenagers will not return to sport when lockdown restrictions are lifted.