Sport Ireland Hails Work of LSP’s
Sport Ireland has published the 11th annual Sport Ireland Strategic, Planning, Evaluation and Knowledge (SPEAK) Report on the national network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs). The publication was preceded by meetings in Athlone and Portlaoise this week where...
Gymnastics Putting on a Show to Celebrate
It is great to see our member organisations not only putting on great events but also sharing them for others to see. Gymnastics Ireland’s headline participation event - ‘The Floor’, took place for the third consecutive year on Sunday 3rd June in the National Indoor...
The Value of Sport
As part of the 2018 Federation of Irish Sport Conference in Trinity College Dublin, CEO Mary O'Connor gave a presentation concerning a substantial survey of our members, the full detail of which we will be unveiling over the coming months. In terms of what information...
In Search of Excellence
A review of what we delivered for over 300 attendees at the 2018 6th Annual Federation of Irish Sport Conference.
Learning From New Zealand
Federation CEO Mary O'Connor was interviewed on Sport for Business ahead of Thursday's Annual Conference. Here is what she had to say about the opportunity to learn from those who will be speaking... This Thursday at Trinity College, Irish sport will come face to face...
Euro Boxing Wins for Boys and Girls
Team Ireland enjoyed a winning weekend at the European Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Championships in Albena, Bulgaria.The Irish squad claimed a record-breaking 14 medals – four of which were gold – at the 16th edition of the tournament which concluded concluded on May...
Pentathlon World Cup Triumph
Ireland welcomed a World Cup win over the weekend when Pentathlete Arthur Lanigan -O’Keeffe secured Gold in the Pentathlon World Cup Series in Sofia. This backed up fellow Irish athlete Natalya Coyle who took Silver in the Women’s event on Friday. Credited by the...
Ireland to Host World’s Best Amateur Golfers
Federation of Irish Sport members, the Golfing Union of Ireland and the Irish Ladies Golf Union have joined forces to host the world's best amateur golfers this August and September at Carton House in County Kildare. The World Amateur Team Championships will...
Para Swim Tickets On Sale Now
Great to see that tickets for the Dublin 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz European Championship are now on sale to the general public. So far 37 countries and over 500 athletes are confirmed to be taking part in the event which will be one of the biggest international...
Cricket’s Winning Ways
Ireland's Cricketers may not have won their first ever Test match at Malahide, but in every other way, it has been a tremendous success for Federation member Cricket Ireland. After the tribulations of a day lost to wind and rain on Friday, history was made in front of...
How We Participate in Sport
Sport Ireland Publishes Findings of 2017 Irish Sports Monitor 43% of the population regularly participate in sport Gender gap in sports participation narrower than any point since Irish Sports.
Irish Sports Participation to be Unveiled
The 2017 edition of the Irish Sports Monitor will be published in Dublin tomorrow. We will bring you all the latest news and reaction to the largest single survey of how we as a nation participate in Sport.
Archived News
Record Numbers for Ladies Football Finals on TG4
Record Numbers for Ladies Football Finals on TG4 TG4’s coverage of the TG4 Ladies Football Championships culminated yesterday with the live broadcast of the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Finals from Croke Park. A new record was set yesterday with 56,114 people in...
EY Ireland continues its support for Hockey League
EY Ireland continues its support for Hockey League Monday 16 September 2019 EY Ireland announced it will continue its sponsorship of Hockey Ireland’s highest level of domestic competition – the EY Hockey League – for a further three years. Speaking at...
Insights from our Audit partners OSK
The income tax return filing deadline is 31st October 2019. Taxpayers can avail of an extension to the normal filing date of 31st October 2019 and instead file by 12th November 2019 if they file both their return of income and make the appropriate payment though ROS...
Motorsport Ireland launch tender for a ‘Safety Tracking Management System”
Motorsport Ireland is inviting Tenders for the provision of a Motorsport Safety Tracking Management System. The tender deadline is 11th October 2019 at 3pm. For more information, check out http://www.motorsportireland.com/UsefulInfo/request-for-tenders.aspx
Judging panel announced for upcoming Volunteer in Sport Awards
Former GAA Director General confirmed as Chair of judging panel for upcoming Volunteer in Sport Awards The awards celebrate the contributions of the 450,000 volunteers who give their time to Irish sport every year Judges include journalist and activist, Joanne O’...
Federation welcomes announcement of Women in Sport funding allocation
The Federation of Irish Sport were please to welcome the announcement of Women in Sport funding allocations by Sport Ireland today, September 5th. The €3 million funding, which is split over two years, has been divided between 40 NGBs as well as additional special...
Cycling Ireland Launch AXA Community Bike Rides
Media Release 27th August 2019 Cycling Ireland Launch AXA Community Bike Rides Cycling Ireland has partnered with AXA Insurance to create AXA Community Bike Rides, an exciting new programme that inspires people all over the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
Get your nominations in now! Volunteers in Sport Awards are live.
Nominations are open for the Volunteers in Sport Awards - get your nominations in now! Go to www.volunteersinsport.com to nominate. Background: The Volunteers in Sport Awards were created to recognise the contributions, commitment and dedication of the 450,000...
The 2019 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championships
The 2019 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championships will culminate on Sunday September 8th in Croke Park and after a thrilling season there will be a changing of the guard with three new names to be engraved onto the trophies on offer at Senior, Intermediate...
Marsh / JLT Sports Update
JLT Ireland are insurance broker and Risk Management Advisors to the Federation of Irish Sport. Following the recent acquisition of the JLT Group by Marsh McLennan, we are now positioned globally as one of the world largest insurance broker & Risk Management...