Arena with Maurice Brosnan: Chasing gold - the truth about Irish athletics funding

This week, we’re talking funding for athletics, how the model works and how it could be better.

Arena with Maurice Brosnan

Gerard O’Donnell is a coach with Dublin Sprint who knows what it is like as an athlete, having won nine national titles in the short hurdles too. He joins us to talk about how the Irish funding model currently works and where it could improve.

This week, a record €28.5 million in funding was confirmed for Sport Ireland's High Performance Unit for this year. We ask which athletes would benefit most from that support?

Arena, a new podcast from the Irish Examiner, offers weekly deep dives into Irish sport. Listen for free on the Irish Examiner website or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Further reading:

Cathal Dennehy is the master of Irish athletics journalism. He’s written extensively about this topic 

You can read more about the recent investment here.

Here is my interview with Gerard O’Donnell from last year.