Olympic athletes to get slice of €5.3m funding pie

OLYMPIC athletes will receive more than €2m out of a total of €5.3m in funding announced by Sports Minister, John O’Donoghue, yesterday.

Thu, 29 Jan, 2004 - 00:00
Brendan Mooney

The €2.084m to be shared among athletes from world class down to development levels, in addition to another €2.185 million invested in 11 sports under the Athens Enhancement Programme, completed a €5.3 million bonanza for Irish sport.

Mr O’Donoghue also gave his commitment to the development of Sports Stadium Ireland alongside the world class aquatic centre at Abbotstown.

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