ATHLETICS: Up to 100 of Ireland's top athletes are to become members of DCU's new Sports Academy, which was officially launched yesterday at the Helix by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
Eighty-five of the places at the academy for this year have been filled, and recipients include intercounty footballers Conor Mortimer and Bryan Cullen, and runners Fionnuala Britton and Mark Christie.
The academy will cater initially for Gaelic football, athletics and tennis. Scholarships and supports worth up to €10,000 include on-campus accommodation, access to the university's sports facilities, college books and tuition, personal tuition, access to key national and international competitions, physiotherapy and massage, sports nutrition advice and high-performance education talks and workshops.
