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HOCKEY IRELAND IS set to receive a €500,000 grant as part of a €1.75million tranche of additional government funding for high performance sport.
Details of the grant were announced by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross this afternoon, with Hockey Ireland receiving the highest allocation out of 17 different organisations.
It follows the success of the women’s side earlier this month, when they defied the odds to reach the World Cup final, a run which has seen them move to eighth place in world rankings.
The board of Sport Ireland agreed to release the funds to bodies to assist athletes’ preparations for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020.
“Hockey Ireland is absolutely delighted with today’s announcement of additional funding of €500,000,” Hockey Ireland CEO, Jerome Pels, said.
This is a great addition to the already substantial high performance funding we have received for 2018, which included a special grant for World Cup participation.
In 2016, when the men’s national team qualified for the Rio Olympic Games, €530,000 was provided in State funding. According to Ross, total funding so far in 2018 for Hockey Ireland has been €900,000, which is on par with 2017 funding.
He said this included specific allocation support athletes – €45,00 for the Word Cup campaign and €60,000 in special grants.
Horse Sport Ireland and the Olympic Council of Ireland each received €175,000, Paralympics Ireland received €100,000, while Gymnastics Ireland and Swim Ireland were both awarded €75,000.
Meanwhile, Athletics Ireland and the Irish Athletic Boxing Association were each allocated €50,000, while the Confederation of Golf in Ireland, Cricket Ireland, Cycling Ireland, the Irish Sailing Association, and Rowing Ireland all received €40,000 each.
Triathlon Ireland, Badminton Ireland, the Irish Judo Association and the Irish Taekwondo Association all received between €20,000 and €30,000.
A further €250,000 for high performance equipment will also be allocated to Rowing Ireland and the Irish Sailing Association from savings in the Sports Capital Programme.
Announcing the funding, Ross paid tribute to the women’s hockey team following their World Cup silver medal, and praised other recent performances by Irish rowers, sprinters, para-cyclists and gymnasts.
He said: “As I indicated previously, a significant proportion – some €500,000 – of this funding is being allocated to Hockey Ireland and I have no doubt that they will continue to build upon their remarkable successes of recent years.”
Ross also singled out the “consistently excellent performances” of the O’Donovan brothers, and suggested the department would increase support for Irish athletes ahead of the Olympics in two years’ time.
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The shop in Galway is a no brainer! Guaranteed to make your money back in ten years and less if you can do something with the apartments above. Wonder would the bank give me a loan….
Thats just the reserve price put on it. Probably go for nearer €3m. Usually 20 times lease is price of building so if someone can pick it up for 14-15 times it would be good business with the added rooms upstairs. Oh to have money.
Exactly the thoughts of many who put us into this mess! If the Spar goes out of business, you then have an empty shop…..
€190k a year lease??? I think you should check your figures. Not a chance!!! Shops on Shop St cost one third.
U can’t have it gone to foreigners already
Going going gone ..lol Ogochukwu wishes youse all the best with that purchase ..lol but youse must remember that the Aldi’s and those Lidl’s are taking over , so youse could be ending up not under the tree but under water ..lol good luck ,,lol
Another property infomercial courtesy of Daft.ie.
Foreign banks firesell their distressed repos as NAMA and the Irish banks stockpile 1000′s of rotting homes.
A bit of truth and balance please.
What about an enquiry into the corrupt unregulated estate agent industry in Ireland journal???
When is a repossessed property not a repossessed property? At Allsops!
Recession me arse.
Why would anyone want to buy anything in Carrick On Suir?, its a awful hole of a place
Your assuming cash changes hands not very likely. So corrupt and rotten to core. No one will have a days luck with their stolen goods
Stolen goods?, what the heck are you even on about?
Easy there Martin.
Its a good place to live..but like a lot of small towns its being passed over in favour of its larger neighbours..an awful lot more positives than negatives in the town..and a great bunch of genuine people doing what they can to improve things for all.
Not a nice comment about Carrick, Martin. We have a great community and it is a good town to live in. Back off!
Nigel its a kip
What’s the matter? Can you not afford a decent life in Dublin ?
Decent life in Dublin?
For sewer rats maybe.
And drug dealers.
Hopefully the fellow at the last one who spoke about constant markievicz who gave his life for Ireland will turn up!
Just more and more spin from our corrupt estate agents, trying to talk the market up and up. A pox on them.
Has the propaganda quota for today been reached already?
Had many a pint in the Sibin in Carrick with my grandad. So many fond memories, shame to see it looking so sad and lonely.
Haven’t lived in Carrick for 20 years but grew up there and my family still there – unfair comments here. . Towns are all about the people who live in them not the buildings and Carrick has lots of great people and a great community spirit.
I wonder will Ulster bank buy this one ?They are paying €180,000 a year in rent reserve set at €650,000. http://www.allsopspace.ie/auction/lot/8222
Doubt it very much ! They want to get the hell out of Ireland !
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