Tensions have emerged between Coalition partners Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over social media posts publicising sports grants. The Community Sport Facilities Fund, formerly known as the sports capital grant, allocates millions of euro in funding to local sports projects across Ireland.
The dispute centres on how the grant announcements were promoted online, with both parties accused of seeking political credit for the funding. The row has been described as 'all hell seems to have broken out' between the two parties.
The Community Sport Facilities Fund is a government scheme that provides funding for the development of sports facilities and the purchase of sports equipment. It is administered by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Neither Fianna Fáil nor Fine Gael has issued an official statement on the matter. The Department has not commented on the internal Coalition tensions.
