David Courell
speaker
622 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 21 May
David Courell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I am very...
Very conscious.
It was a hugely ambitious strategy, as is this one.
And our resources are not endless.
So we need to make difficult decisions and make priorities throughout the four years.
But I feel we did well in the last cycle.
I hope we can surpass that 74% with this coming one.
But even in that realm...
you know that's still like an A or a B plus so we're doing pretty well and I think honestly over the last cycle we've seen huge progress on and off the pitch and hopefully come 29 we'll have kicked on again.
So I think the self-sustaining one is more around the League of Ireland and having the league itself be a self-sustaining industry.
The ecosystem is more broad and obviously it is all the component parts.
But if you're asking about the self-sustaining element, we're focused on the League of Ireland and obviously the investment from government that was committed in the most recent budget round is a huge boost of confidence.
The league has been going from strength to strength.
We've realised a million people through the turnstiles last year.
Our broadcast coverage is through the roof, courtesy as well of your support on Off the Ball.
Our sponsorship revenues continue to climb, so the league is performing really strongly.
Can it get better?
Of course.
And it's our job as custodians of the league to work with the clubs to try and build that platform and help the league to be truly self-sustaining.
And the academy is a key part of that because if they have the right talent, the product improves, transfer values improve, and it goes back into the system again.
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