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Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has a capital budget of €2.2bn per annum which should focus on playing facilities rather than vanity stadiums.

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Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

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Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

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