Sport for Business in Conversation with Minister of State Thomas Byrne, TD

For Episode 90 of the Sport for Business Podcast, we headed to the heart of Government. We had a wide-ranging conversation with Thomas Byrne TD, Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education, and an Gaeltacht.

Recorded in his office within the labyrinthine corridors of Leinster House, nothing was off the table from his own entry into politics, getting to the matches of his children and his wife, the Government record on the funding of sport and its relationship with the sporting sector, especially the FAI and its new permanent CEO David Courell.

As a lifetime fan of Drogheda United, there are exciting times ahead with a Sports Direct FAI Cup Final to look forward to and the small matter of an upcoming election.

It is a peak behind the curtain of life in Government and the life of the Minister who is central to the funding and the future of sport in Ireland. 

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