'What more can we do?': LGFA stars shocked at research on support levels

Síofra O’Shea, Carla Rowe and Emma Duggan are surprised at new research findings.

SHOCK: Síofra O’Shea of Kerry stands for a portrait at the launch of the 2024 Lidl Ladies National Football Leagues at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: Sam Barnes, Sportsfile

KERRY football star Síofra O’Shea has described the latest research on public perceptions and support for Irish women’s sport as both “eye-opening and disappointing.” 

Dublin’s Carla Rowe and Meath’s Emma Duggan were similarly shocked to hear that almost two thirds of those surveyed (59%) had never attended a female sports event and O’Shea said the statistics were particularly disappointing “from people who know the games are on and just don’t make the effort to go.”