This Government is delivering record budgets for Sport.

I was delighted to join my colleagues Catherine Martin TD and Paschal Donohoe yesterday to confirm that a quarter of a billion euro will be made available for Sports Capital Grants under this round.

#SportForAll

I'm delighted to confirm that the level of applications from football clubs is at its highest ever level. FAIreland

Brilliant Day throughout,

🥉Kentstown Ns Boys B 3rd place &

🥈St Declans Ashbourne Boys C Runner up

🏆Patrick Toth Boys C Player of Tournament

FAI Primary 5s National Finals day at the Aviva Stadium

Massive well done to our two schools from Meath

⚽️Boys B Kentstown Ns

⚽️Boys C St Declans Ashbourne

👏Fantastic experience for all the Boys & Girls playing today & also the fantastic support

Always a fantastic occasion AVIVA Stadium for the FAI Primary 5s National Finals which took place today 🤩

Over 42,000 participants from 2,025 schools took part in the 2024 FAI Primary 5s programme, with today's Finals seeing 28 teams battle it out for the honours 🏆

FAI PDP3 part 2 tonight with 1️⃣6️⃣coaches from Ashbourne United

⚽️Part 1 review

⚽️Coaches coaching practices

⚽️PDP3 course review

👏Huge thanks to all the u15/u16 Girls who took part in the coaching practices

✅great work been done across the club

✅ FAI Futsal in the Yard programme

➡️ Ballivor Ns

9️⃣7️⃣ Boys & 5️⃣7️⃣ girls from 3rd - 6th class enjoying the game of Futsal

Thanks to Eoin for delivering the session
⚽️ Ball Mastery
⚽️Tag games
⚽️ Small Sided Games
#FutsalintheYard

✅Brilliant to see 2️⃣ Meath schools part of National Finals Day tomorrow in the AVIVA Stadium

⚽️Best of luck to Kentstown Ns & St Declan’s Ashbourne, keep updated through

👩‍💻🧑‍💻FAI Connect App faiconnect.page.link/gT17WNRDKKjjBe…

Best of luck to Kentstown NS in the Aviva tomorrow...

⚽️ MEET THE TEAMS

🏆 ©️ Cup

💚 St. Joseph's PS, Ballinrobe, Mayo
💙 St. Declan's NS, Ashbourne, Meath
❤️ Beaumont BNS, Cork
💛 Illistrin NS, Donegal

👉 #Primary5s

⚽️ MEET THE TEAMS

🏆 🅱️ Cup

💚 Scoil Phádraig, Westport, Mayo
💙 Kentstown NS, Meath
❤️ Gaelscoil Choinn tSáile, Cork
💛 St. Eunan's NS, Raphoe, Donegal

👉 #Primary5s

🗞️ The stage is set for the FAI Schools Primary 5s National Finals in the Aviva Stadium this Wednesday

👉 faischools.ie/national/news/…

⚽️ #Primary5s

✅ PDP 3 with 1️⃣6️⃣ coaches

👏 A big thank you to Ashbourne United for hosting

📝 Theory and group discussions

⚽️ Tutor practicals

📝 Coaches planning

✅Looking forward to part 2 tomorrow night with coaches coaching practices

Super Sunday of Football ⚽️

⚽️U14 LOI Development games in HQ

⚽️NERL U14 Girls vs Carlow

⚽️U17 Men LOI Droghdea vs Bohs

FAI Walking Football programme been delivered through Ashbourne United

📆Monday 27th May
⏱️11am -1pm
📍Ashbourne United

if interested get in touch with John ,all welcome on the morning

🏆 | FAI Schools Primary 5s National Finals
🎓 | Small, Medium, Large Schools
⚽️ | MATCHDAY
🏫 | 27 Schools, 7 Sections
📆 | Wednesday, May 29, 2024
⏰ | 11.30am
🎟️ | €5 adult, €2 student (Cash)
📍 | via Lansdowne Lane 🧡 Route
🏟️ | @avivastadium (Cashless)
👉| #Primary5s

✅Great evening with Castle Villa / Borora Juniors,

⚽️FFA Club Programme lead by Gary Graham

👏FAI Club Mark Entry Level Award presentation

⭐️ The club are now working towards One Star Award,

Richie Smith

Representing the jersey with pride 💚

Congrats to the Ireland Down Syndrome Futsal team who beat the United States 11-2 in a friendly today 👏🇮🇪🇺🇸

Today was our opponents’ first DS Futsal game and we wish them well on their football journey 🤝

📝👉 fai.ie/latest/report-…

Brilliant coverage of our FAI Primary 5s Leinster Finals in the MeathChronicleSport, big thanks to Paul Holland & Fergal Lynch for the coverage

Looking forward to seeing Kentstown Ns & St Declan’s Ashbourne at the Aviva Stadium

meathchronicle.ie/2024/05/23/ken…

FAI Schools

Ireland 🇮🇪vs USA 🇺🇸Down Syndrome Futsal game in Gormanston this morning as part of the 2024 tour