Duffy leaves lasting legacy to Irish Sport
It is with regret that the Federation learnt of the passing of Pat Duffy on Sunday 10th August following a long illness bravely borne. On behalf of all involved in Irish sport – extended sympathy to family and friends. Pat will be remembered as a pioneer in Irish...
Federation Of Irish Sport AGM – Review
The Federation of Irish Sport hosted it’s AGM on the 29th July at Irish Sport HQ. 41 representatives from 37 member organisations attended. The minutes from the previous year’s AGM and EGM were put forward to the floor and approved. Deirdre McDermott from OSK...
Federations preferred partner – TIFCO Hotel Group/Crowne Plaza
The Federation is delighted to announce that they have recently appointed TIFCO Hotel Group as its preferred partner. TIFCO manage 10 hotels across Ireland from Dublin to Cork, Galway to Dundalk and also Athlone. Jennifer McKenna is the Director of Sales and...
Featured LSP – Wicklow Local Sports partnership
Background: Wicklow Sports Partnership, an Irish Sports Council initiative which aims to maximize participation in sport and physical activity in the county through promotion, coordination and partnership. Wicklow Local Sports Partnership believes that sport...
Featured NGB – Athletics Ireland
Every month the Federation selects an NGB to profile to see how they are getting on, what events are coming up and all the information you might need to know about them. This month, the Federation has looked at Athletics Ireland It is accepted that the...
INTERVIEW: Fiona Coghlan – Irish Rugby
In the second installment of our Athlete interviews, the Federation caught up with the Ireland Woman's Rugby Captain Fiona Coghlan. With Ireland's opening World Cup match in Paris just around the corner, Fiona talked prized possessions, sporting heroes and...
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...
Archived News
Gymnastics Putting on a Show to Celebrate
It is great to see our member organisations not only putting on great events but also sharing them for others to see. Gymnastics Ireland’s headline participation event - ‘The Floor’, took place for the third consecutive year on Sunday 3rd June in the National Indoor...
The Value of Sport
As part of the 2018 Federation of Irish Sport Conference in Trinity College Dublin, CEO Mary O'Connor gave a presentation concerning a substantial survey of our members, the full detail of which we will be unveiling over the coming months. In terms of what information...
In Search of Excellence
Over 300 leaders in sport gathered at the Edmund Burke Theatre in Trinity College yesterday for the 6th Annual Federation of Irish Sport Conference. We were drawn by the prospect of hearing how New Zealand, with similar size, population and sporting culture, has...
Learning From New Zealand
Federation CEO Mary O'Connor was interviewed on Sport for Business ahead of Thursday's Annual Conference. Here is what she had to say about the opportunity to learn from those who will be speaking... This Thursday at Trinity College, Irish sport will come face to face...
Euro Boxing Wins for Boys and Girls
Team Ireland enjoyed a winning weekend at the European Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Championships in Albena, Bulgaria.The Irish squad claimed a record-breaking 14 medals – four of which were gold – at the 16th edition of the tournament which concluded concluded on May...
Pentathlon World Cup Triumph
Ireland welcomed a World Cup win over the weekend when Pentathlete Arthur Lanigan -O’Keeffe secured Gold in the Pentathlon World Cup Series in Sofia. This backed up fellow Irish athlete Natalya Coyle who took Silver in the Women’s event on Friday. Credited by the...
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...