Tipperary chairman says funding snub for two projects was 'borderline an insult'

Jimmy Minogue said Semple Stadium "needs a lot of work to bring it into the modern world".

HOME OF HURLING: An application for funding to redevelop Semple Stadium was "totally overlooked for some reason". Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Tipperary chairman Jimmy Minogue has described the Government’s decision not to issue sports capital funding to two projects in the county as “borderline an insult”.

FBD Semple Stadium as well as a TUS Thurles sports facility in which Tipperary GAA are stakeholders were absent from the 35-strong list of successful sports capital project applications, which will receive record Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Funding (LSSIF) of €137 million.