Minister Michael Ring announced a total of €41 million worth of funding for a variety of different sports programs in Ireland.
The money comes from the Sports Capital funding programme, which was reinstated back in 2011 and has since allocated a total of €130 million for sporting causes.
This years figure of €41 million is up slightly on the previous year's €40.5 million, and will benefit 891 different projects around the country.
Speaking today Minister Ring said: "The Sports Capital Programme ensures that as many clubs and organisations as possible have the facilities and equipment they need to allow the maximum number of people to get involved in a wide variety of sports. In addition to funding being provided to organisations such as the GAA, soccer, rugby, boxing and athletics, I am also funding equipment and facilities for more than 40 sports ranging from angling to weight lifting and a whole host in between".
He added that the importance of the programme should not be underestimated, as "90% of SCP grantees [are] reporting that they have been able to increase participation as a direct result of the facilities developed with these grants".
Among those who will benefit from this new round of funding, €5 million will go to Irish football, with €200k earmarked for Limerick FC, Salthill Devon FC and North Tipperary Schoolchildren’s League, amongst a host of others.
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