Congratulations to everyone who took part in activities surrounding the European Week of Sport over the past seven days and more. The week-long celebration of sport and physical activity culminated in the second Family SportsFest at the Sport Ireland National Indoor...

As part of a new monthly feature, we want to know a little more about the organisations and the individuals that support the work of the Federation. This month we sat down with Amanda Harton, Director of JLT and related to some pretty good Caribbean swimmers...  ...

The Irish Eventing team have made history today (Monday) by winning the team Silver Medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games in North Carolina, USA, and in the process have qualified for the 2020 Toyko Olympics, while Tipperary’s Padraig McCarthy has completed a...

Congratulations to Sanita Puspure who has today been crowned World Champion after winning Gold in the women’s single sculls. Following a week of highly impressive form, Puspure executed yet another dominant performance in the final in Plovdiv this morning, which saw...

A new report published today [18 September, 2018] brings together for the first time a clear picture of all activity in Ireland’s seas. The National Marine Planning Framework Baseline Report is a key part of the process of developing Ireland’s first marine spatial...

A new name and logo have been unveiled for the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the island of Ireland with a name change from The Olympic Council of Ireland to Olympic Federation of Ireland. A modernised Olympic crest will also be sported by the Team Ireland...

Sport is set to be a big winner in the new round of Education funding announced this morning by an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Ministers for Education Richard Bruton and Mary Mitchell.  It will though take some time to materialise. The education element of the...

The Federation has made a pre-budget submission to Government outlining five clear and concise asks as they consider spending plans for 2019 and beyond. These include a ‘significant increase’ in current funding for National Governing Bodies and Local Sports...

The new Basketball season was launched in Dublin yesterday. Participation across the country has now risen to 49 teams across four divisions, a rise from 42 that took part last year. Reigning Hula Hoops National Cup Champions Templeogue head five teams from Dublin in...

Joe Reynolds has been announced this morning as the new Chairman of Horse Sport Ireland Reynolds succeeds Jim Beecher who has held the role on an interim basis since 2017. He is a successful businessman, sport horse breeder and racehorse owner and has been a member of...

Sport takes centre stage on the seasonal return of the Late Late Show on RTÉ TV tonight. The Irish Senior Women’s Hockey Team will be chatting about their stunning success when they made history becoming the first Irish sporting team to reach a World Cup final; the...

Russell White has equaled the best ever finish by an Irish athlete in a World Cup triathlon and become just the third Irish athlete to stand on a World Cup podium.