Paschal Donohoe TD unveiled as new Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
It has been announced that Mr. Paschal Donohoe, T.D. has been chosen as the new Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. By doing so, he replaces Mr. Leo Varadkar who has moved to the position of Health Minister. Prior to the announcement, Mr. Donohoe was...
Work to start on National High Performance Centre for Athletes
Work will start on a national High Performance Centre at the Irish Institute of Sport after Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar signed off on the project today. The Centre will provide training, rehabilitation, and strength and...
FIS Annual Conference Feedback
Federation of Irish Sport Annual Conference 2014 – Feedback The Federation of Irish Sport held its second annual conference back in May at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. The theme of the conference was Shaping Sports Future with Minister for Transport, Tourism...
Featured Event: Special Olympics in Limerick
Featured Event: Special Olympics Ireland Games 2014 "LET ME WIN BUT IF I CANNOT WIN LET ME BE BRAVE IN THE ATTEMPT" -Athlete Oath Location: Limerick, Clare & Tipperary. DATE: Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th June 2014 PARTICIPATING TEAMS/ATHLETES/SPORTS: 1,500 athletes...
Featured LSP – Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership Background: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership, an Irish Sports Council initiative, was set up in 2008 and works closely with its local partners to promote participation, inclusion and coordination in sport at a...
INTERVIEW: James Scully – Paralympics Ireland
The Federation caught up with swimmer James Scully from Paralympics Ireland at the National Acquatic Centre recently. James talked about his fear of spiders, dinner with Jennifer Laurence and his dog Rocko! Q1. What is your routine when you are training? This...
Minister Ring commits €40.5M to new and improved sports facilities and equipment
The Government’s commitment to sport and local communities was underpinned today when Minister of State for Tourism & Sport Michael Ring announced grants of €40.5 million for 880 sports projects across the country. Speaking at the announcement Minister Ring said:...
Inaugural meeting of Healthy Ireland Council : Keith Wood Appointed Chair of the Healthy Ireland Council
Minister for Health Dr James Reilly today (Thursday 26 June 2014), speaking in advance of the first meeting of the Healthy Ireland Council in Dublin Castle, announced the appointment of Mr Keith Wood to the position of Chairperson of the Council. Mr Wood is a former...
Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport Annual Report 2013
The Department published its annual report on 25th June highlighting the achievements in sport made during the year as well as outlining the priorities for 2014. Minister Varadkar outlined developments at the National Sports Campus (NSC): "This was also an...
SUMMER CAMPS FOR EVERYONE
It is vitally important to keep kids active and the statistics speak volumes. Four out of five children do not meet the Department of Health and Children’s National Physical Activity Guidelines for maintaining and improving their current and future health. With this...
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO APPLY FOR €25,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE COCA COLA THANK YOU FUND
REMINDER: APPLICATIONS FOR THE COCA-COLA THANK YOU FUND 2014 WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL JUNE 16th Voluntary and non-profit organisations are being reminded to apply for five grants of €25,000 aimed at new programmes encouraging people to become more active...
Athletics Ireland Launches New website to Cater for Growing Membership and Changing User Needs
Athletics Ireland today launched a new fully responsive website (www.athleticsireland.ie) to meet the growing needs of the users of the site. With Athletics Ireland membership set to hit a record of 55,000 this year (up 100% since 2009), the Association has...
Archived News
Ireland to Host World’s Best Amateur Golfers
Federation of Irish Sport members, the Golfing Union of Ireland and the Irish Ladies Golf Union have joined forces to host the world's best amateur golfers this August and September at Carton House in County Kildare. The World Amateur Team Championships will...
Para Swim Tickets On Sale Now
Great to see that tickets for the Dublin 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz European Championship are now on sale to the general public. So far 37 countries and over 500 athletes are confirmed to be taking part in the event which will be one of the biggest international...
Cricket’s Winning Ways
Ireland's Cricketers may not have won their first ever Test match at Malahide, but in every other way, it has been a tremendous success for Federation member Cricket Ireland. After the tribulations of a day lost to wind and rain on Friday, history was made in front of...
How We Participate in Sport
Sport Ireland Publishes Findings of 2017 Irish Sports Monitor 43% of the population regularly participate in sport Gender gap in sports participation narrower than any point since Irish Sports Monitor introduced in 2007 The most popular sports to participate in are...
Irish Sports Participation to be Unveiled
The 2017 edition of the Irish Sports Monitor will be published in Dublin tomorrow. We will bring you all the latest news and reaction to the largest single survey of how we as a nation participate in Sport. The Irish Sports Monitor is published by Sport Ireland.
Annual Conference update – about our keynote speaker Peter Miskimmin
Peter Miskimmin has a wealth of experience as an athlete, coach and sports leader. Peter was appointed Chief Executive of Sport NZ in 2008. Since then he has overseen New Zealand’s most successful Olympic Games (Beijing, London and Rio) and driven a significant step...
Members Event on GDPR with Minister Pat Breen TD, Department of Taoiseach, and Data Protection Commissioner officials
The Federation of Irish Sport will host Mr Pat Breen, Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market & Data Protection, along with officials from the Department of the Taoiseach and the office of the Data Protection Commissioner at the...
HEAD OF SPORT NEW ZEALAND TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT FEDERATION OF IRISH SPORT CONFERENCE AT END OF MAY
Two time Olympian and current chief executive of Sport New Zealand, Peter Miskimmin, will be in Dublin at the end of May to deliver the keynote address at this year’s Federation of Irish Sport Conference, which is scheduled to be held in Trinity College Dublin on...
Clann Credo invites all clubs across Connacht to their free seminar on Financing Sporting Ambition
You are invited to a FREE seminar on Financing Sporting Ambition Clann Credo Community Loan Finance in association with Connacht GAA Connacht GAA Centre Cloonacurry, Bekan, Claremorris, Co. Mayo Thursday April 26th from 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm Following the announcement...
Women in Sport- ‘Actions Speak Louder than Words’
March 2018 ‘Actions Speak Louder than Words’, a women in sport event was jointly hosted last Thursday by the Olympic Council of Ireland and Federation of Irish Sport. 50 guests across Sporting Federations, Sport Ireland, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport...