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‘There wasn’t even going to be an U20 team this year,’ European bronze medallists speak about lack of funding in Irish women’s basketball

It’s the story of a fairytale of the Irish sporting summer that almost didn’t happen. As the Irish U20 Women’s basketball team stormed to success against a favoured Croatia side, national media outlets turned their heads. When the Irish squad defeated Great Britain to take bronze, and promote themselves to division A for next year,…