2008
In 2008, the total grants approved under the programme fell from the 2007 high of 85m to 50.25m.
Approvals for Offaly were down from 2m to 1.265m. The county however ranked third in terms of per capita allocations for the second year in a row. A presentation on the countys performance in securing capital funding was made to the Board of the Partnership, and it was agreed to form a facilities working group as a result. This group will be convened when an audit of sports facilities in the county has been completed.
The successful applicants for Offaly were: -
- Offaly GAA County Board, O'Connor Park - 500,000
- Clara GAA Club - 150,000
- Banagher United Soccer Club - 80,000
- Irish Parachute Club Ltd - 80,000
- St Rynagh's Hurling Club - 80,000
- Coolderry GAA Club - 65,000
- St Brigid's GAA Club - 60,000
- Tullamore Rugby Club - 60,000
- Bracknagh GAA Club - 55,000
- Shinrone Development Ltd - 45,000
- Killurin GAA Club - 40,000
- Tubber GAA Club - 25,000
- Walsh Island GAA Club - 25,000
Total - 1.265m
Offaly Sports Partnership in conjunction with the Community Forum made plans to take the information workshops to the four electoral areas. The first of these was held in Coolderry in October 2008. However when it emerged that new funding for sports capital projects might not be available in 2009, the remaining workshops were cancelled.