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1. Participation in Sport Improves Public Health
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1.9 million deaths globally each year are attributable to physical inactivity |
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Reduces risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and osteoporosis |
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UK research has found that physical inactivity costs them up to 11% of the Health Budget |
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Think of the role sport could and should play in the health of our nation.
2. Sport Contributes to the Economy
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Estimated that sport contributes at least a 12 fold return on State investment |
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Sport contributes approximately 1.7% of Ireland’s GDP |
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1,500 jobs created by the National Governing Bodies of Sport and Local Sports Partnerships |
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Without the contribution made by sport we would have to borrow even more money.
3. Sport Builds Communities
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15% of adults volunteered in sport in the last 12 months which is the equivalent of 400,000 adults |
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32% of the adult population are members of at least one sports club |
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59% of players socialise regularly with fellow participants as do 53% of volunteers |
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Sport is at the heart of our sense of community |
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It will help sustain us in the difficult times ahead.
4. Sport Establishes Pride in Ireland at Home and Aboard
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46% of the population have attended at least one event in the last year |
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808,000 people watched the 2009 All Ireland Football Final on RTE with 771,000 watching the Hurling Final |
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Over 40 million overseas viewers watched Ireland in the Six Nations 2009 |
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Sport is an investment in the worldwide Irish community. It helps enrich our Irishness.
5. Sport Drives Tourism
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420,000 people visited the Race Village during the Galway Stopover over a two week period |
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62.8 million TV viewers globally watched Rally Ireland in 2007 |
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The 2009 Tour of Ireland cycle race was broadcast to a global audience of 20 million by 220 broadcasters in 180 countries |
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Think of the number of indirect jobs sustained by those both participating in sport and attending sporting events.
6. Sport Makes Us Feel Good
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Sport is a consistent bright spot in a difficult year |
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Imagine 2009 without: |
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GAA’s 125 years celebrations |
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Grand Slam Success |
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Bernard Dunne |
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Leinster and the Heineken Cup |
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Shane Lowry and the 3 Irish Open |
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The Irish Lions |
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Olive Loughnane, Derval O’Rourke and David Gillick at the World Athletics Championships |
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Katie Taylor and another European Boxing Championship |
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John Joe Nevin and World Bronze Medal |
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Kilkenny’s 4th Hurling Championship in a row |
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Think of a world without Irish sporting success.
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