John Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to add my voice of congratulations to Sligo Rovers, which won the FAI Cup final last Sunday, and to commiserate with Drogheda United. I wish to draw the attention of the House to the fact that another cup final took place on the same day at the same location, the women's FAI Cup final between Raheny United, which won after a thrilling encounter, and Castlebar Celtic. I congratulate Raheny and I commiserate with Castlebar Celtic, which put up a really good performance.

While I am talking about women's football, I wish to draw attention again to the fact that women's football in Ireland has a new league structure, which has been running for the past three years. There are eight teams involved, four from Dublin, one from Wexford, one each from Castlebar and Galway and one from ourselves in Cork. Perhaps Members might see whether they could do a little more to support their local clubs and perhaps the league in general and I encourage them to do so.