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Featured Member: Waterford Sports Partnership

Waterford Sports Partnership- Supporting Activity and Sport for All Waterford Sports Partnership was established in 2002 by the Irish Sports Council as part of the national network of Local Sports Partnerships, to co-ordinate and promote the development of sport at...

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One Week Left To Apply To Coca-Cola Thank You Fund

There is just one week left for non-profits on the island of Ireland to apply to the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund, which is making €125,000 available in 11 separate grants this year.   The Fund will award one overall winner €25,000 and ten others €10,000 each for...

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Anglers worth '755 million euro'

Anglers are worth about three-quarters of a billion to the economy, a new study has revealed. A study into the value of people fishing on loughs, rivers and the coast has found that 406,000 people went fishing in Ireland last year and spent about 555 million euro....

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Deaflympic Team Ireland's Announcement

At 1.30 on Wed 17th of July, Minister of Transport, Sport and Tourism Michael Ring officiated the Deaflympic Team Ireland Announcement. Minister. Ring said that it was: “A pleasure and an honour to be here [Deaf village Ireland].” The Team Announcement took place in...

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Allianz and Paralympics Ireland Renew Partnership for Rio 2016

Allianz Ireland has extended its official sponsorship of Paralympics Ireland and in so doing, it has became the first official sponsor to support the organisation towards the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Jason Smyth, Orla Barry and Darragh McDonald took time out from...

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British Cycling to rebrand 'Social Cycle Groups' scheme

British Cycling is looking to re-energise its Social Cycling Groups initiative by rebranding it and launching a new social media campaign to support it. The online Social Cycling Groups scheme aims to improve grassroots participation by connecting cyclists to each...

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Badminton- Magee’s and Evans qualify for World Championships

Irish Olympians Chloe Magee and Scott Evans, along with Sam Magee will represent Ireland at badminton's World Championships in Guangzhou, China next month – the biggest event on the badminton calendar. Chloe Magee, who is ranked 41 in the world, will compete in the...

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Olympic Sailing Team Sign Rio 2016 Sponsor

In a continuation of its relationship with Irish high performance sailing, the Irish Olympic Sailing Team has announced a new deal for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Regatta in 2016 with Irish exploration firm Providence Resources in Dublin, this morning. The deal is a...

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Women's Sport Trust launched in UK

A new grant giving body aimed at raising the profile and changing the profile of women’s sport has been established in the UK. The Women’s Sport Trust (“WST”) is the only grant provider focused solely on female sport and is backed by a diverse range of elite female...

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Golf: Research shows potential of ‘Playcations’

Recently published research by Fáilte Ireland revealed that the golf sector provides a total overseas spend of €202m for the Irish economy.  The analysis of the value and profile of overseas golf visitors to Ireland shows, with 163,000 having played golf while in...

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Archived News

IAFA- First game with 2 x women officials

IAFA makes Irish sporting history - first ever national level mens game with two female officials. American football officials, Carla Nico and Kelly Dwyer made history last Sunday, when for the first time ever in Irish sport, a mens’ national league game in a field...

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2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Chelyabinsk Russia

2015 World Taekwondo Championships - Chelyabinsk Russia The Irish Taekwondo Union were represented at the World Taekwondo Federation [WTF] World Championships by 5 players who competed from 12-18th May at the Tractor Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Local athlete &...

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MARS Milk Play Fund

The MARS Milk Play Fund has now been officially launched. Through the Fund, there will be 49 cash rewards donated over a five month period to sports individuals, projects and clubs. Each week, two deserving applicants will be selected to receive a donation of €300....

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Active Schools Week (ASW) 27th April-1st May 2015 launched

The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, launched Active Schools Week (ASW) 2015 on 20th April 2015 in Our Lady's National School Adare Co. Limerick, supported by the Minister for Health Leo Varadkar. Jointly sponsored by the Department of Education...

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NGB Profile: Gymnastics Ireland

Gymnastics is one of the oldest Olympic sports and largest sports in the World. The World Gymnastics Championships is broadcast to a global TV audience of around 200 million people and at every Olympic Games, gymnastics is one of the first sports to sell out. In...

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Federation of Irish Sport Conference 2015

This year sees the return of the FIS Annual Conference for its third year and it has fast become a must attend event for leaders from Irish Sport, government and business. In 2015 the event will again be hosted in the Storehouse and the keynote address will be...

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Sport Tourism Summit 2015

SCHEDULE Thursday 14th May – Shannon Airport European Sport Tourism Summit 2015 – Shannon Group European Sport Tourism Awards 2015 Friday 15th May – European Sport Tourism Industry Expert Sessions – European Sport Tourism Academic Conference  Register here:...

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