3x3 the only route to elite funding for Irish basketball?

Amelia Motz of DCU Mercy and Amy Dooley of The Address UCC Glanmire in attendance for the announcement of Basketball Ireland's broadcast partnership with TG4. The climax to the National League season will be aired on the station for the first time, with the InsureMyVan.ie Super League and MissQuote.ie Champions Trophy finals. All of Ireland’s FIBA EuroBasket and FIBA Women’s EuroBasket qualifers are also to be screened live on TG4.

BASKETBALL Ireland CEO John Feehan has confirmed that 3x3 basketball, which is now an Olympic event, looks the sport’s likeliest way to getting its foot through Sport Ireland’s high performance (HP) funding door.

Sport Ireland is giving €10.8m to HP programmes in 19 sports this year, all of them with Olympic ambitions.