The Government has announced €150 million in funding for sporting bodies and clubs to develop capital projects in every corner of the country.
Read about the announcement which was made on Friday
Today we continue a five-part series looking at different aspects of the funding.
The Six Sports to secure the largest funding
The Rest of the Sports in comparison
A selection of the projects that were awarded the maximum amount at the local level
The larger-scale regional projects
The appetite for more
€17.1 Million for Larger Regional Projects
The bull of the €150 million put aside for the latest round of Sports Capital funding has gone to the clubs and organisations that have created space within their community where enhanced facilities will have a real impact.
There is also an important element though to look at the larger projects that cross over different areas and different sports, and they have been well catered for as well.
The top-level of funding at the local level is €150,000 but the ceiling in this category is doubled and 17 projects secured the full €300,000.
The focus here flipped from Gaelic Games coming out on top, with its strong base of clubs at a local level, to the preference being for multi-sport facilities.
They take up nine of the 17 projects to get the maximum ahead of four for Gaelic games, with one each for Rugby, Soccer, Athletics and Hockey.
There are upgrades and development works being funded in Donegal, Dublin, Tipperary and Westmeath GAA and also funding for upgrades to facilities at Musgrave Park and Cobh Ramblers in Cork.
DCU and Bohemians will invest further in their partnership through funding towards artificial pitch development and there will be a new 8 lane running track for Moanbaun in Galway.
Just below the top level, there is money set aside for Tuam Stadium and the Meath GAA Centre of Excellence.
Multi-sport facilities have been given a total of €6.5 million in this section of the round.
Gaelic Games comes in second with 3.4 million to GAA projects as well as an additional €340,000 across Camogie and Ladies Football in Cork, Galway and Waterford.
Soccer is third on the list with €2.6 million across 19 projects.
Athletics displaces Golf in the top six at this level with eight projects sharing €1.25 million.
Rugby has been given €717,000 for projects in Cork, Dublin, and Galway while Tennis rounds out the top six with €497,000.
