Colin Sheridan: Better prioritise our funding for human talent?

The Paris Games have shown we need to prioritse our athletes.

SPECTACLE: Ireland’s swimmer Daniel Wiffen with his gold and bronze medal. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

An incredible week for Irish athletes in Paris, a bad week for greyhound racing. One of the unintended consequences of the heroics we witnessed from Daniel Wiffen, rowers O’Donovan and McCarthy, Kellie Harrington and Rhys McClenaghan and our female sprinters on the track, was the focus it put on how money is spent in Irish sport. And whenever we talk about money and Irish sport, we talk about greyhound and horse racing. 

Rest assured, our four-legged friends and their masters have lobby that could rival a Super Pac in a presidential election. All for the love of the animals, of course.