Simon Honan

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Today with David McCullagh · Padel explosion: the racket sport that keeps on growing · 15 Jun 2026 podcast

I think having a sport within the Olympics definitely puts a star there to reach towards, and I think that's going to be great for the sport itself.

Do you play it?

Seldomly, not enough.

What is it about it, do you think?

The key feature of this sport is the fact that it's fun.

And given the growth in popularity, is there a power of money to be made in it?

Commercially, it does make sense.

I think in facilities like this, for example, that have the space and have the operations delivering other sports or other activities, it does go hand in hand, I think, with these types of facilities.

They range depending on the facility.

Some are between 35 and 50 euros, depending on where and when.

Is that split between four then?

So you might pay 10, 15 euros for an hour.

Yeah, it's not too bad.

I would think it's probably pretty challenging.

Off the wall.

Off the wall, but that's the joy.

No one wants to play the sport on their own.

They want to play with their friends and have the social environment to it as well.

So that is why the courts are in demand and that's why I think in Ireland we are seeing courts moving at a rapid pace in development of that.

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