OFI looking at the Irish-American route to make up €2m LA Games  gap

Costs for an Olympic Games have inevitably gone up due to inflationary pressures and the extra distances involved in the next Olympics in Los Angeles in two years’ time.

CEO of Olympic Federation of Ireland, Peter Sherrard, addresses the audience during the Team Ireland Olympic Sport Awards 2025 at The Royal Convention Centre in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) is targeting the USA’s Irish-American community in order to address a €2m shortfall that must be made up if the team is to match or better the seven medals won at the Paris Games in 2024.

Costs for a Games have inevitably gone up due to inflationary pressures and the extra distances involved in the next Olympics in Los Angeles in two years’ time. The bill for sending a team to Paris came in at €2.5m. The final balance for LA is estimated to hit €4.1m.