Dublin’s Leah Butler: ‘We never had this much respect shown to us’

Butler says it's been “an absolutely huge” week after the split season decision and the equalisation of government funding for male and female inter-county players

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“An absolutely huge” week for female inter-county players highlights the “respect” they now command, Dublin camogie player Leah Butler has said.

Monday’s announcement of a tripling in Government funding for female inter-county players was followed on Tuesday by a Camogie Association calendar U-turn and confirmation that a split season would be implemented in 2021.