Major investment in sport in Tipperary over the next decade
Participation in sport and physical activity across Tipperary is set to vastly increase across all age groups over the next decade.
The Government has set ambitious targets, as part of the National Sports Policy 2018 -2027, which will greatly benefit communities across Tipperary including:
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Sharing of sports facilities between clubs will be prioritised for funding “This National Sports Policy will prove to be a roadmap for sports across Tipperary over the next ten years. It has three high-level goals. These are increased participation in sport and physical activity, more excellence from our high performance athletes and improved capacity of National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) to deliver sport and physical activity programmes,” said Fine Gael candidate Mary Newman Julien.
Fellow Fine Gael candidate Garrett Ahearn added: “We are very proud of our sporting traditions and successes in Tipperary Any bid, supported by the necessary State funds, to achieve future worldwide success at major events for athletes representing their country could result in the next Sonia O’Sullivan, Robert Heffernan, Jonny Sexton or Katie Taylor emerging from one of our communities.
Minister for Sport Shane Ross said: “The publication of this policy is an important milestone for the Irish sporting community and sets out a Vision for Irish Sport in 2027, along with 57 actions to transform our sporting landscape over the next decade. Increasing participation is the cornerstone of this policy.
Junior Minister Brendan Griffin outlined the ambitions of the Government’s National Sports Policy 2018–2027 to significantly improve the sporting landscape in this country: “The benefits of sport and physical activity to our population are clear and sport is a valuable asset to communities across the country.
“The availability of quality sports facilities is key to raising standards and Government investment in recent years at the National Sports Campus and throughout the country is proof of our commitment to sustaining this investment to our sporting infrastructure.”
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