Mr. Mark Scanlon:

Yes, very similar. Mr. Quinn has articulated it well but, from a piracy perspective, from our point of view, "The League of Ireland Fans Podcast" carried out a 2023 survey of illegal streaming and the results of that were that 54% of people were accessing LOITV through illegal streaming. Unfortunately, that means there was a lot of lost revenue for the service. That does not allow us then to increase our production levels or to give money back into the clubs in order for them to continue to increase what they do. It is a valuable service, and piracy is a huge issue for us. It is certainly one we would love to see tackled even further. I know some good work has been done in recent times, particularly around sellers, but the end users are still a major problem for us. I think most of the general public still do not realise the impact it has on small services such as LOITV and GAA+. That is the most important area for us and the biggest challenge.

Likewise, facilities and venues are a massive problem for us. It is great that there is a new stadium opening in Louth. We look forward to new stadiums being supported in Drogheda and Dundalk in Louth as well for our football clubs, but also across the country. We released our facilities investment plan at the back end of 2022 and in it can be seen the significant investment that is still required for League of Ireland facilities. That will help us to continue to grow the service and improve the user experience.