Mr. Aidan Walsh:

A lot of the media gets fixated on the Premier League in the UK in particular and on soccer. I think about what we can do to change things in Ireland and there are issues in our sports and in what we can do at different levels to make sure the pathway is there and that visibility is there. It is a personal decision if people want to come out. We must ask why it is important and in lots of ways we must ask who cares about people's sexuality. We must also ask why that is such a big deal for people. For that young person growing up to have the visibility to show that you have an opportunity and to show that sport is a welcoming space, it is important to do that. It is hopeful that, as was mentioned earlier, there is a lot of money in the area of diversity, and we are calling for that to be adequately resourced to different minority groups so that there are pathways and educational opportunities for people who are LGBT to see people who are visible at elite level, and to make it comfortable then to come out at a different level, especially in the Irish context.