When Sport Ireland launched its Women in Sport programme in 2005, the goal was clear but daunting: to create equal partnership between men and women in all areas of sport.  Two decades on, the scoreboard shows progress. Girls’ participation in organised sport has risen sharply, elite women’s competitions are drawing record crowds, and female athletes are enjoying unprecedented commercial deals. The Irish women’s football team has played at a World Cup, and All-Ireland Ladies’ football finals have drawn tens of thousands to Croke Park. But the gains are uneven. Dropout rates among teenage girls remain stubbornly high. Facilities are still…

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