Seanad debates
Thursday, 24 October 2002
Crime Levels: Statements.
Sports organisations play a vital role. The GAA was mentioned on the Order of Business. Its contribution to society is enormous, as are those made by soccer, rugby and boxing clubs. In my town a young man was in difficulties with the law, but he went to England and became a British boxing champion at welterweight. When he returned, we hosted a civic reception and many of those involved in the boxing club acknowledged what the sport had achieved for him. They commented that but for his involvement in the sport, he might have followed a course that would have had a hugely detrimental effect on his whole life.
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