David Courell
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622 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 21 May
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You do, but they're not common enough at the moment.
And unfortunately, you know, due to policy setting over recent years, et cetera, it hasn't been a priority over recent decades.
But I am delighted to see that sea change within government and certainly within the three major field sports.
So...
For example, when Minister O'Donovan and Minister McConnell took office immediately, they were very keen to get the three field sports to work together to see if there would be opportunity to try and realise more municipal facilities.
And we have.
We have established a working group across the IRFU, the GAA and the FAI.
And it's probably more feasible at a grassroots level because AstroTurf pitches, etc., can be multipurpose.
But when you get to, I suppose, a more elite level, obviously the pitch dimensions, etc., can be a challenge if you're trying to showcase full strength squads.
But also, if you're playing with grass pitches, the sheer wear and tear.
So a League of Ireland club, for example...
We pride ourselves on having the same facilities for men's and women's.
So that's something that we do not want to lose because I think it's a real unique selling point of the league.
But that, you know, would command maybe 60 to 80 fixtures a year between the two squads.
And then if you were to layer in on top of that other sports and other codes, then would the pitch be able to stand up to it?
So there are, I suppose, challenges that we still need to overcome, but we are trying to work collaboratively to see if there's a way through it.
I'm delighted to say that the association is now in a much more steady footing.
So I think at our peak, our debt was circa 63.5 million, which is a staggering sum.
Huge amount of money.
Even now, we've made huge inroads into that.
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