Gold standard important but Irish sport's positive impact must be measured too 

In 2025, €27million will be invested in high performance sport, the highest level so far. Just to put that into context, in 2018 that figure was €14m.

Olympic medallist Mona McSharry takes a selfie with fans at the Dublin homecoming after the Paris Olympic Games. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

There’s a lot of measuring in sport.

Kate O’Connor carefully maps her high jump run up in the pentathlon, Lisa O’Rourke’s boxing coach measures her hand speed, swimmer Daniel Wiffen analyses his stroke length.