Paralympics Ireland announces 2014 Athlete Panel
Paralympics Ireland today announced its 2014 Athlete Panel. The panel of forty five athletes across eleven sports is comprised of those considered most likely to qualify for the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. The panel will come together for the first time as a group in...
Sports Council Announce Investment Strategy for 2014
The Irish Sports Council announced an investment plan of €25 million for 2014 on February 12th. This investment includes €11 million for National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs), €5 million for Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) and €8.7 million for High Performance...
GAA Handball: John Kelly appointed Handball Manager
John Kelly has been appointed as the new National Handball Manager for the GAA. The Longford native takes over from Tony Hannon who had been acting National Manager and departed the post last November. A member of the Ardagh St Patricks GAA club in Longford, John has...
DCU Coaching Masterclass
DCU are pleased to announce their sporting masterclasses. These workshops have been designed to cover areas that have been shown to be of great value in performance sports settings yet aren't traditionally covered in formal coaching qualifications. The workshops...
Sports Council: Largest Ever Study of Sport and Exercise in Ireland Published
The largest study of participation in sport and exercise ever conducted in Ireland was published today (18th December) by Minister for Sport Michael Ring. "Keeping them in the Game", commissioned by the Irish Sports Council and compiled by ESRI researchers, provides...
Minister Ring publishes Heads of Bill to merge Sports Council with Sports Campus
Michael Ring, Minister of State for Tourism & Sport has published the Heads of the Sport Ireland Bill following approval by the Government today. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the establishment of a new statutory sports body, Sport Ireland, which will...
Rap Song Scoops Top Prize in Pumped Schools' Video Awards
Students from St. Joseph’s College in Lucan have been revealed as the winners of this year’s Pumped Schools’ Video Awards, with their production titled “Active Teens, Healthy Hearts”. The Awards aim to encourage young people to get creative about science and health by...
FAI- Sarah O’Shea appointed Deputy CEO of the FAI
The Football Association of Ireland today (Tuesday) announced the appointment of Sarah O’Shea as deputy CEO. Ms O’Shea is currently the Association’s Director of Legal Affairs, a role she retains while taking on additional duties as deputy to the CEO, John Delaney....
CARA- National Inclusion Awards 2014
The CARA National Inclusion Awards recognises organisations and people who contribute to the inclusion of people with disabilities in Sport and Physical Activity. The purpose of the awards is to highlight and acknowledge best practice in relation to the inclusion of...
New EU funding available for sport
The European Commission has launched a long-awaited new sports funding programme. Called Erasmus+, funding is open to not-for-profit sports organisations wishing to carry out pan-European grassroots sport projects. The programme will allocate around €265 million over...
STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR SPORT 2014
The Federation welcome the decision, outlined as part of the Revised Estimates process for the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport published on 19th December, to reverse by €2 million the reduction in current funding for sport announced in Budget 2014 on 15th...
SWIM IRELAND ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF “SWIM FOR A MILE CHALLENGE”
SWIM FOR A MILE CHALLENGE SUPPORTED BY THE COCA-COLA THANK YOU FUND 2013 Wednesday December 18th 2013: Swim Ireland today announced details of its inaugural, all-Ireland ‘Swim for a Mile Challenge 2014’. The project will challenge members of the public to compete in a...
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Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors of Not-For-Profit Companies and How Best to Avoid Conflicts of Interest
Officers and directors owe a fiduciary duty to the not-for-profit company. Simply stated, this means that directors and officers of the company must act in the best interests of the company at all times. Under the Companies Act 2014, the director’s fiduciary duties...
Take a look at this fantastic drone footage of the National Sports Campus
Work on the National Sports Campus in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 is continuing at an exciting rate. Tobin Consulting Engineers have created this amazing, up-to-date drone footage of the campus. The video shows the spectacular and unique bird's-eye view of both the...
Minister for Sport addresses NGBs and LSPs for the first time
The newly elected Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, took to the stage on Thursday, 26th May to address Ireland’s National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) for the first time since taking the office. Speaking...
The Irish Times seek the ‘Best Sports Club in Ireland’
The Irish Times is on the hunt for the Best Sports Club in Ireland: clubs with great spirit, great communities and great achievements. This sporting competition is all about the taking part, not the winning. The club can be large or small, urban or rural, cup winner...
Gameday Club Finder App Launch
Media Release 9 March, 2016 The Federation of Irish Sport and the Vodafone Ireland Foundation have launched ‘GameDay’, a new app that allows the public to locate their nearest club for over 30 sports¹ organisations including IRFU, Swim Ireland and Athletics Ireland....
2016 Sport Investment welcomed by Federation of Irish Sport
Following yesterday’s announcement by Sport Ireland and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that there will be an allocation of €27m in sports grants for 2016, CEO of the Federation of Irish Sport James Galvin, said: “We at the Federation of Irish Sport...
Member Profile: Mayo Sports Partnership
Mayo Sports Partnership Website: mayosports.ie Total ISC Funding in 2015: €221,430 Participant numbers in programmes: 15,000 Number of Clubs in Mayo Sports Partnership's area: 580 Highlight of 2015: 25 communities across Mayo participate in “Operation Get Active Mayo”...
Federation of Irish Sport Annual Review 2015 launched
Federation of Irish Sport Annual Review 2015 Bernard Brogan Calls on Political Parties to Commit to Making Two Hours' PE Mandatory in Secondary Schools as Federation of Irish Sport Launches 2015 Annual Review One Hour Mandatory PE Urged for Primary Schools Key...
The Federation of Irish Sport announce winners of 2015 Sport Industry Awards
Irish Sport supports up to 40,000 jobs in Ireland and contributes some 2.4% to gross domestic product (“GDP”) each year The Irish Sport Industry awards winners were announced, by the Federation of Irish Sport, at a ceremony held at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on...
Ministers Donohoe and Ring begin work on first National Sports Policy in 20 years
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, are today (Thursday 5th November) holding a consultation conference to seek the views of sports stakeholders on the issues and challenges...