Main pic: Minister of State for Sport, Charlie McConalogue, at the Sport Ireland Campus with three-time Olympian and Badminton Ireland’s National Development Manager, Chloe Mailey, and her niece and current Irish international badminton player, Rachel Darragh, who competed in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Donegal women and girls will benefit from a nationwide investment of €4 million in the Women in Sport Programme this year, according to Minister of State for Sport, Charlie McConalogue.
The 2025 funding will support sporting organisations in putting initiatives in place to increase girls’ and women’s participation in sport across the county.
Speaking at the funding announcement at the Sport Ireland Campus, Minister McConalogue said the investment reinforces the government’s commitment to eliminating the gender participation gap in sport, which currently stands at under 3%.
“Our aim is to achieve equal participation by 2027,” he commented.
The aim of the government’s National Sports Policy is to increase the levels of participation in sport and physical activity across the population, with a specific focus on less represented groups, including women and girls.
“Significant progress is being made in this regard right across Donegal, with increasing numbers of women and girls participating in sport and greater female representation in the governance and leadership of sport in Ireland,” Minister McConalogue added.
“In our own county, Donegal Sports Partnership has played a significant role in promoting gender equality since it was established in 2001. Over the last 24 years, Donegal Sports Partnership has been promoting gender equality through its pillars of active participation, capacity building, raising awareness, and developing partnerships and sustainability. Its Female Leadership Programme has been a huge success and a game changer in terms of getting more females more visible within clubs and organisations.”
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