Athletics Ireland appoints a new Chief Executive
From Athletics Ireland The President and Board of Athletics Ireland have today announced the appointment of Hamish Adams as their new C.E.O. The decision was ratified last night at an Athletics Ireland board meeting and Hamish will succeed John Foley who is...
Press Release: NGB Funding Key to an Active and Healthier Ireland
NGB Funding Key to an Active and Healthier Ireland 02 February 2018, Sport Ireland announced on Thursday, 1st February, details of grant funding of €20.7 million to National Governing Bodies to support both day to day operations (€10.8 million) and high performance...
Irish Sport Industry Awards in Association with JLT Ireland – DEADLINE EXTENDED
Due to popular demand and the high volume of entries received, the deadline for entries to the Irish Sport Industry Awards has been extended to Monday, 12th February 3.00 pm Sharp. There are 12 award categories to enter and we encourage all our members and associated...
Bernard Brogan, Mary O’Connor and Michael Murphy launch the Irish Sport Industry Awards 2018 in association with JLT Ireland
Bernard Brogan, Mary O’Connor and Michael Murphy launch the Irish Sport Industry Awards 2018 in association with JLT Ireland The 2018 Irish Sport Industry Awards in association with JLT Ireland were launched on Thursday 18th January 2018, by Bernard Brogan, President...
Statement from Federation of Irish Sport regarding Sports Capital Grants Announcement
Thursday 30th November 2017 The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to welcome the announcement of the many facilities both new and existing that are to be supported by the Sports Capital Grants which the Government has announced today. We are particularly pleased...
Federation of Irish Sport Pre Budget Submission – Irish Sport does Matter
The Federation of Irish Sport released its pre-budget submission. In the submission the Federation is calling on the Government to look at the 10 points below. IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NATIONAL SPORTING ORGANISATIONS & LSPs MORE CERTAINITY IN FUTURE...
Annual Review of Irish Sport 2016 launched
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce that our Annual Review 2016 was officially released today (Friday, 16th December). The Review, which was penned and published by the Federation of Irish Sport, provides a thorough overview of the wide and varied...
Federation of Irish Sport Calls For Transparency from Olympic Council of Ireland
The Federation of Irish Sport, the representative body for the majority of Ireland’s national Olympic sporting organisations, is calling for transparency from the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) today (Thursday, 27th October 2016) ahead of its Executive Board Meeting...
Irish Sport United in Disappointment on 2017 Sport Ireland Funding Level
Budget 2017 confirmed that Sport Ireland funding, which supports the participation and high performance programmes of 74 National Sports Organisations and 26 Local Sports Partnerships as well as Coaching Ireland, the Institute of Sport, the National Sports Campus and...
Irish Ice Hockey Association Accepted as a Member of Sport Ireland
The Irish Ice Hockey Association (IIHA) has announced their recent submission for membership of Sport Ireland has been successful.A member of the Federation of Irish Sport, the IIHA submitted the application to the Board of Sport Ireland through their Eligibility...
Statement from the Federation of Irish Sport regarding Ireland’s Olympic Team
Media Release - Statement Friday 26th August, 2016 As the representative body for the National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs) in Ireland, we feel it is important to put the achievements of our Olympic team into perspective. Despite the various controversies that...
Irish sport made huge strides at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Now that the curtain has drawn on Rio 2016, Irish sport can reflect on what has been a largely successful Olympic Games for Team Ireland, writes James Galvin. We have had some wonderful achievements at these Games. Many of our athletes broke national records and...
Archived News
A memorable World University Games for Team Ireland
In early July Team Ireland headed to the World University Games in Napoli with a delegation of 75 people including 53 athletes and 22 officials to compete in four sports, Athletics, Archery, Football (Men’s and Women’s) and Taekwondo. There was plenty of memorable...
Special Olympics golfers soak up the atmosphere and celebrate a fantastic year at The Open in Portrush
It was a busy summer for the Special Olympics Ireland World Summer Games golfers as they were invited to both the Irish Open in Lahinch and The Open in Portrush. Team Ireland Gold medallists John Keating and Mark Claffey, both from Dublin were joined by teammates...
Irish shine at European Youth Olympic Festival
The pool and the track provided a fantastic medal haul for the Irish contingent at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Rhasidat Adeleke and Molly Mayne brought home thre medals between them. Adeleke took gold in both the 100m and 200m finals while Mayne won a bronze...
Ireland qualifies for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing regatta
Following the final two races at the Laser Radial World Championship this morning (Wednesday 24 July 2019 - Sakaiminato, Japan), Ireland has qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing regatta in the women’s single-handed event. The berth was secured by Lough Derg...
Federation of Irish Sport announce three-year partnership with Future Ticketing
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce Future Ticketing as its latest partner. The cloud-based ticketing provider have signed a three-year deal with the Federation. The partnership is the latest in a suite of partners that offer essential services to...
Federation of Irish Sport partners with Investec to evaluate economic impact of sport in Ireland
Research to evaluate value of sport to the economy first major evaluation study since 2010 Irish sports industry supports 40,000 jobs, stimulates €1.9 billion in household spending, and generates €1 billion in tourism receipts each year The Federation of Irish...
GymEDGE
GymEDGE is a sports coach development programme that uses core fundamental gymnastics skills and training techniques to build the complete athlete or player. GymEDGE is for any coach, from any sport, with any ability, who is interested in making their athletes or...
Ireland Roster Announced for Women’s European Championship
DUBLIN, IRELAND – Ireland Lacrosse has announced its roster for the Women’s Senior National Team, which is set to compete in the ELF European Championship, in Netanya, Israel from 16-25 July 2019. The Ireland team enters the tournament ranked 5th in Europe. The Green...
Freelancer Niamh Griffin wins the monthly Investec 20×20 Media Award
Freelancer Niamh Griffin wins the monthly Investec 20x20 Media Award with feature on the emerging importance of PE for sports participation for teenage girls Niamh Griffin is the Investec 20x20 Media Awards winner for the month of June. Niamh is a freelance...
Rowing Ireland launches Greenblades
Rowing Ireland has launched their funding initiative Greenblades 10/07/19 Rowing Ireland has launched Greenblades, this new initiative has been created to help fund the Junior, Under 23 and Developmental Teams by means of donations. Currently, developmental rowers...