# Minister Charlie McConalogue: Improving Sports Participation | Answering your questions on Sports funding across Ireland | OFF THE BALL

An episode of [OTB Rugby](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/334390941), 13 May 2026, 42 min.

Audio: https://bauernordic-pods.sharp-stream.com/ie/2664/1305_charlie_294aab04_normal.mp3?aw_0_1st.episodeid=377075&aw_0_1st.collectionid=2664

Eoin Sheahan was joined live in studio by the Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport Charlie McConalogue to talk about the current state of funding for clubs across Ireland as well as outline the program which the Government operates along with Sport Ireland to ensure funding for various different sporting bodies across Ireland. The Minister also answers questions that were sent in by listeners over the past few days in relation to specific cases and queries.

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