Sport Tourism Summit 2015
SCHEDULE Thursday 14th May – Shannon Airport European Sport Tourism Summit 2015 – Shannon Group European Sport Tourism Awards 2015 Friday 15th May – European Sport Tourism Industry Expert Sessions – European Sport Tourism Academic Conference Register here:...
SHOW JUMPING – WEXFORD TEENAGER ALLEN BREAKS THROUGH INTO WORLD TOP TEN
SETTING a new high in Irish sporting achievement, 19 year-old Bertram Allen has today (Tuesday) entered the top ten of the world's best show jumping riders. In the official Longines World Rider Rankings, which measure the monthly performances of over 2,000 riders...
Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge in association with Athletics Ireland
The Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge is back by popular demand in the Dublin Docklands on Tuesday 1st of September for the fourth year in a row. It is also expanding to two new locations the National Sports Campus in Fingal on Wednesday 13th of May and The...
All Champions are Special- Video celebrating Team Ireland's involvement at the Special Olympics Summer Games
Minister announces €40m Sport Capital funding for 2015
Minister of State for Sport, Michael Ring, has announced the opening of the 2015 round of the Sports Capital Programme. Minister Ring said: ‘When these grants are allocated later this year, this Government will have committed almost €130 million for the development of...
IPB Community Engagement Fund 2015 launched- €1m in funding availble
IPB, who underwrite the Federation’s group insurance scheme delivered in partnership with JLT, have launched their 2015 community fund. The fund provides financial assistance to grassroots organisations who bring real and lasting change to local communities. Last year...
FIS Member Event, 24th March 12.30pm- Fáilte Ireland introduce Event Ireland Unit: Driving growth through partnership
Fáilte Ireland’s Business Tourism and Events Unit is delighted to introduce Event Ireland, the newest addition to our suite of supports. The team is tasked with growing international bed nights through the events sector. This will be achieved by identifying, bidding...
Federation Supporting Active School Week 27th April-1st May, 2015
The Federation of Irish Sport is this year supporting Active School Week (ASW) which is taking place from the 27th April to the 1st May and we would ask every NGB and LSP to consider supporting the ASW initiative. ASW are open to any and all ideas and would like NGBs...
Player Profile: Interview with David Harte, Irish Hockey Goalkeeper
Q1. What is your daily routine when you are training? It all depends on the day. Some days have early mornings with 2 sessions others one in the evening. As well as pitch sessions there are gym and running sessions too so daily routnes are tailored to suit the...
Minister Ring Announces €19.6M Investment For Irish Sport
Minister of State for Sport, Michael Ring T.D., announced on Wednesday an investment package of €19.6m from the Irish Sports Council into the National Governing Bodies of Sport in Ireland. This is almost €1million more than the equivalent figure for 2014. This...
Update: Rates for Sports Clubs, Valuation (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2012
Following on from the announcement that government were bringing forward a Bill for the rating of sports clubs only with regard to the commercial part of the club, below is an update regarding its progress- The Valuation Act, 2001 is the legislation which governs the...
NGB of the Month: Triathlon Ireland
About Triathlon Ireland Triathlon Ireland is the National Governing Body and operates on an All Ireland basis being supported by the Irish Sports Council and Sport Northern Ireland. The first triathlon in Ireland was held in Skerries in 1983. The race...
Archived News
TG4 announce Media Partnership with 20×20
National Irish Language broadcaster TG4 is delighted to announce that it has come on board as a Media Partner for the 20x20 Women in Sport initiative. The announcement was made live, during the broadcasting of the All Ireland Ladies Football Club Finals on TG4 this...
Meany and Murphy Named as European New Leaders
Two Irish sports professionals, Olympian and Get Ireland Swimming National Co-Ordinator Grainne Murphy and Conor Meany (Basketball Ireland) were selected for the New Leaders Sport Leadership Education Programme. The pair were selected following a European application...
Hurling and Camogie Granted World Heritage Recognition
The Federation is delighted to hear the news that hurling and Camogie have been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. At a meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible...
A Charter for Disability Sport
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, today launched Ireland’s first ever Sport Inclusion Disability Charter. The Federation of Irish Sport, the FAI and Kildare LSP were among the first organisations to sign up to the charter. The charter, which...
Getting to Know … 2Into3
As part of a monthly feature, we get to know a little more about the organisations and the individuals that support the work of the Federation. This month it's the turn of Dennis O'Connor of 2Into3, who earlier this year made his international Hockey debut. Can...
Basketball’s Teaching Potential
The National Basketball Arena was the focus of all of the action for the 2018 Dublin Primary Schools’ Mini Basketball League finals this week, as over 1,000 children took to the court for a big festival of basketball. Throughout the finals, 1,110 children played in...
Kellie’s Simply Champion
Team Ireland arrived home from the 10th World Elite Women’s Championships in New Delhi, India yesterday to a hero's welcome. Kellie Harrington claimed lightweight gold at the tournament after topping the 60kg podium following five wins in eight days at the Indira...
Gymnastics Ireland’s year of Celebration
Gymnastics Ireland's annual gala awards night took place on Saturday night in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin. 200 guests took to the red carpet for the JLT Gymnastics Ireland National Awards for a night that saw 29 recipients being honoured at this celebration of...
Launch of new Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF)
Statement in relation to the launch of new Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund as announced by The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross T.D. and the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin T.D. Applications are being invited for...
Keeping Up With the National Policy on Sport
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport were present at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on their areas of Government earlier in the week and put the sporting world on notice that the Government's Large Scale...