Only 6% of women play sport, compared to 16% of men

The findings come from a poll, carried out by Amárach research.

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Only 6 per cent of women are currently playing sport, compared to 16 per cent of men.

While just one in four people have gone to see a professional female sporting event.

The findings come from a poll, carried out by Amárach research.

Of the 12 hundred adults surveyed, over half believe we don't enough encourage young girls and women to play sport.

Una May, CEO of Sport Ireland says inroads have been made, but there's still more to be done:

'We haven't reached the end of our challenge yet.'

'Needless to say the pandemic had a huge impact on all the work we were doing.' 

'Volunteerism is coming back more slowly than all the other measures we have for participation in sport.'