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Federation of Irish Sport publish Annual Review 2014

A New Year, A New Sporting Resolution: Federation of Irish Sport Calls for New National Strategy & Funding Initiatives for Sport Measures Include Changes to Tax Reliefs for Sporting Bodies and to Betting Tax Bernard Brogan, Federation President, Makes Call as...

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Minister Ring Announces Additional Funding for Sport

  The Federation of Irish Sport welcomes the news announced today (Thursday 11/12/14) by Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, Michael Ring TD, for further funding to sporting bodies and organisations as part of the Supplementary...

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CARA National Inclusion Awards is Now Open for Applications

  Have you heard about the National Inclusion Awards? Do you provide opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in sport, physical activity and physical education? If so.... Check this out! The CARA Adapted Physical Activity Centre is pleased to...

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LSP of the Month: Dublin City Sports Network

Background to the Dublin City Sports Network Dublin City Sports Network (DCSN) was established in 2000. The network is comprised of representatives from statutory bodies, organisations and groups/clubs operating in Dublin City with a responsibility for or an interest...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Archived News

September 2018 LSP Round Up

September 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...

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Celebration of Sport on Campus

Celebration of Sport on Campus

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...

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Getting to Know… JLT

Getting to Know… JLT

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...  ...

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Ireland Score Silver at World Games

Ireland Score Silver at World Games

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...

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Rowing Gold on the Double

Rowing Gold on the Double

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...

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Representing Sport in Marine Planning

Representing Sport in Marine Planning

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...

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New Look for Olympics in Ireland

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...

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Sport Boost from Education Spend

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...

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Five Asks of the 2019 Budget

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...

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Basketball Expands Again for New Season

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...

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