The Minister For Sport Is Visiting Kildare Today.

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Thursday, October 7th, 2021 9:30am

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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File image: Sports Minister, Jack Chambers.

He will meet the newly appointed Kildare Senior Football Manager.

The Minister for Sport is visiting Kildare today.

Jack Chambers will meet the newly installed Kildare Senior Football manager, Glenn Ryan, at the county ground in Newbridge at 10.30am.

Great to meet with members of @KildareGAA in Newbridge as well as meeting new manager Glenn Ryan & some local sports clubs today with @Fiona_Kildare. Really impressive to see such ambition to increase participation across the county. pic.twitter.com/W18j1e9yn7

— Jack Chambers TD (@jackfchambers) October 7, 2021

Kildare Fianna Fáil Senator, Fiona O'Loughlin says he will also visit "a number of our local sports club."

Yesterday, the Minister announced a €65 million support packages to help grassroots sports organisations recover from the pandemic.

 

🚨€65M Sport Package 🚨
Pleased to announce a new funding package to support sporting organisations including grassroots clubs, fund key facilities and support the ongoing return of sport across the country. Special thanks to @mmcgrathtd for this significant boost for sport.

— Jack Chambers TD (@jackfchambers) October 6, 2021

 

 

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