Pumped Schools' Video Awards Launched
Irish Heart Foundation & Federation of Irish Sport Call for More Post-Primary Schools to Provide Recommended Two Hours' PE Each Week, As Pumped Schools' Video Awards Launched *Department of Education and Skills Recommends that Students Receive a Minimum of 120...
Kate Callaghan – A Years Preparation
Kate Callaghan - a member of the Motorcycling Ireland’s Women’s Trial Des Nations Team 2014, takes time to write about her years preparation and performance at the Trial Des Nations. From October 2013: With the season getting ready to start in January...
2014 Juvenile GAA Handball 60×30 Finals
The cream of Juvenile 60x30 Handball converged on two Leinster venues this month, from Friday 10th October – Sunday 12th to battle it out for the 2014 All Ireland titles in the softball code. Thirteen counties in all competed with Clare, Tyrone and Wexford leading the...
Shannon Blueway Launched with a Splash in Leitrim
Minister Heather Humphreys TD, and actor & producer Carrie Crowley joined with over 300 walkers and paddlers to open the Shannon Blueway today in Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim. The Shannon Blueway runs from Drumshanbo through Battlebridge and Leitrim Village to...
Remembrance 5K Run – November 9th
The third annual Remembrance Run 5k will take place in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, November 9th. This year's Remembrance Run - open to walkers, joggers and runners- will again have a Special Remembrance Theme of Family or Friends passed, or who may be currently...
NGB of the Month: Archery Ireland
The association: The Irish National Archery Federation which was formed in the 1950’s changed its name to the Irish Amateur Archery Association in the 1970’s and is now known as Archery Ireland (AI). The association is affiliated to World Archery which itself...
National Exercise Referral Framework- Public Consultation open until 3rd November
The draft National Exercise Referral Framework has been published for public consultation with a closing date for submissions of 3rd November at 11.45pm. The Federation along with the Irish Sports Council and a number of our members were part of the expert group which...
Interview: Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe – Pentathlon Ireland
Q1. What is your daily routine when you are training? Due to the nature of my sport (5 Sports) my daily routine is quite varied. The consistent part is that each day has between 3-5 sessions and of course I eat and sleep A LOT. Usually it will consist of a...
STATEMENT FROM FEDERATION OF IRISH SPORT RE FUNDING FOR SPORT IN BUDGET 2015
"The Federation of Irish Sport welcome the announcement today that there is to be no reduction in the current funding for sport from the €42.5 million allocated in 2014. The fact that a floor in the funding levels for sport has now been reached provides a positive...
BERNARD BROGAN APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF IRISH SPORT
Dublin GAA star Bernard Brogan has been appointed President of the Federation of Irish Sport.The Federation is the umbrella body for all of Irish sports governing bodies. In his role as President Bernard will work with the Federation to create greater awareness of the...
FEDERATION OF IRISH SPORT CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO REINSTATE CURRENT SPORTS FUNDING BACK TO 2011 LEVELS BY 2016
Federation budget submission also calls on government to extend donations tax relief to current spend The Federation of Irish Sport in their pre-budget submission on behalf of all Irish sport has made two requests of Government. The Federation announced details of...
Minister Ring Launches Irish Sports Monitor Report 2013
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring TD, today launched The Irish Sports Council, "Irish Sports Monitor Annual Report (ISM) 2013". This is the fifth report in the ISM series and provides the Irish Sports Council with a means of accurately...
Archived News
A Week to Live Long in the Memory
The curtain came down on the 2018 Para Swimming Allianz European Championships yesterday with Ellen Keane adding Gold to the bronze she won for Ireland on Friday night and the Silver won by 16-year-old Nicole Turner on Saturday. The medals capped a performance from...
Cricket Ireland Open New HP Centre
Cricket Ireland has today officially opened Phase One of a world-class high-performance training centre at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus in west Dublin. Phase One includes construction of 5 artificial and 16 grass practice wickets, a 3,000 m2 grass covered...
€1.5 Million Boost for High Performance
It was announced first in the flush of excitement around the Irish Women’s Hockey team and seven days later the detail of an additional €1.5 million from Government towards High performance Sport was confirmed. A total of 17 sports will benefit from the new money...
Scully Looking Forward to Home Comforts
Irish Paralympian, James Scully, is looking forward to competing for his country in his home pool for the first time ever when he steps onto the starting blocks at the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships next week. James will be one of the first...
Barr Strikes Bronze as Wonder Week Continues
Thomas Barr created history by winning a brilliant bronze medal in the 400m hurdles in 48.31 seconds at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin last night. Barr became the first Irish male sprinter to win an outdoor European medal in the 84-year history of the...
Gymnastics Aiming for Gold
Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has qualified in 1st place for the pommel horse final at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow. His score of 15.266 is a personal best and he will now compete in the finals this Sunday 12th August at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. The...
Hockey Sets Nation Alight
What an incredible evening it was as Ireland secured a place in the Women’s Hockey World Cup after a shoot out win over India in London. Everyone at the Federation and across the whole of Irish sport offers heartfelt congratulations to Graham Shaw’s side, to captain...
An Taoiseach Salutes Para Swimmers
The World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships have been officially launched at Government Buildings with An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar playing host to Irish Para Athletes, Ailbhe Kelly and Patrick Flanagan. Councillor Nial Ring, Lord Mayor of Dublin was also in...
Hockey Reaches New Heights
Congratulations to the Irish Women's Hockey team who have qualified with a game to spare for the Quarter Finals of the Women's World Cup in London. Wins over the USA and India, whose combined population is over 2 billion, have propelled the team into the last eight...
Federation AGM at Sport HQ
Following the publication of the new National Sports Strategy, the Federation held its Annual General Meeting at Sport HQ. There was a strong turn out of members to review the year gone by and also to talk of the future now that the National Policy on Sport has been...