Ireland's November Series Review with look ahead to 6 Nations & RWC
November saw Ireland take on South Africa, Georgia and Australia over three consecutive weekends in the Aviva stadium. Pre Series Coming into the series Irish coach Joe Schmidt biggest concern would have undoubtedly been the list of players who would be...
IRFU Targeting New Talent In Search For Sevens X-Factor
The IRFU today (1st Dec) issued an open invitation to all male athletes, from all sports, to consider if they have what it takes to be part of the new Irish Rugby Men's Sevens programme as it confirmed four Talent Identification Days (TID) to be held in locations...
Winning in Sport through Performance Analysis
Interview with Joseph Turley, Performa Sports Why is analysis important in sport? With about 60mins on the clock in the 2009 Heineken Cup Semi-final, Brian O’Driscoll intercepted a Ronan O’Gara long pass to run through a try between the posts. This...
NGB of the Month: GAA Handball
GAA Handball....... a background! Originally known as The Irish Handball Association GAA Handball has seen a huge development in our image over the past number of years under the rebranding of the association under the GAA branding umbrella which took place in...
World Sports Team Launched
New Global Sport Network launches in Dublin World Sport Team, a volunteer-driven non-profit organisation on a mission to provide sportspeople across the world with a supportive network, was launched in Dublin on Wednesday 26th November. The newly-established network...
Ireland v Australia Final November Test – Preview
Ireland will play their final Guinness Series match tomorrow as they welcome Australia to the Aviva Stadium (KO 4:30pm). Ireland, as expected, have made a number of changes to the side that won 49-7 last week against a spirited Georgia. Gordon D’Arcy, Simon Zebo and...
National Volunteers in Sport Awards a great success at Aviva Stadium
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, announced the winners of the National Volunteers in Sport Awards at an awards ceremony in the Aviva Stadium on Wednesday, 19th November. The Volunteers in Sport Awards 2014 are presented by the...
Ireland claim comfortable win over Georgia
*The hosts scored six tries in 49-7 victory *Ireland who were captained by Eoin Reddan had three debutants *The home team only led 9-0 at half time before ramping up the intensity The Ireland team Photo before the game! Ireland continued their...
COCA-COLA THANK YOU FUND GRANTS €125,000 TO FIVE GROUPS WITH NEW IDEAS TO GET PEOPLE MOVING
TOTAL FUNDING OVER FOUR YEARS REACHES €500K ATHLETE DERVAL O’ROURKE JOINED MINISTER MICHAEL RING TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS Five organisations shared in €125,000 of funding from the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund for innovative projects which will promote active lifestyles in...
Ireland v South Africa – Review
Ireland’s first match of the Guinness Series was against South Africa on Saturday 8th November. Two sides, different stories Both sides had contrasting positions coming into this match. The Springboks have had a long and gruelling year: the newly expanded Super...
Member Event: OSK Accountants- “Getting ready for your audit” 25th November 12.45pm
OSK Accountants will be hosting a Federation of Irish Sport members event at Irish Sport HQ on Tuesday 25th November between 12:45 - 2 p.m. Deirdre McDermott, Director, OSK, will be presenting on what information and schedules you need to have prepared prior to your...
The (101 Ways to) Keep Active at Home Guide – Do You Have The Answer?
Winter is closing in. It is getting colder and darker earlier and less attractive to be outdoors. But we all still need to be physically active… and avoid getting cooped up and bored. So what do we do? Do YOU have the answer?? South Dublin County Sports...
Archived News
New Look for Olympics in Ireland
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 Boost from Education Spend
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...
Five Asks of the 2019 Budget
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...
Basketball Expands Again for New Season
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...
Reynolds New Chair at Horse Sport Ireland
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 Centre Stage on Late Late
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...
White Scores Triathlon Silver
Russell White achieved a career-best performance on Sunday (September 2nd) by claiming a silver medal at the ITU World Cup race at Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. As well as being the standout result in White's career thus far, it also equals the best ever finish...
August 2018 LSP Round Up
The Federation of Irish Sport is made up of National Governing Bodies of sport as well as the 26 Local Sports Partnerships that operate around the country working with Local authorities to implement a wide variety of sporting programmes. Each month we carry a round-up...
Sports Capital Programme for 2018 Launched
The Federation welcomes the confirmation today of details surrounding the 2018 Sports capital Programme. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross T.D. and the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin T.D., today announced that €40...
Getting to Know … OSK
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. To kick us off we sat down with Deirdre McDermott, Audit Director at OSK and something of a Hockey fan... Can you tell...