Global athletics brand New Balance has been named as the new sponsor for Athletics Ireland in a multi-year deal. The new partnership sees New Balance supply the Irish track and field team with a full selection of team wear, including performance apparel for use in...

Charities Regulation Consultation The Charities Act, 2009 when enacted included a specific ban on sporting organisations as entities to which charitable status could be granted. This is something the Federation of Irish Sport objected to at the time. However, most of...

Minister of State for Tourism & Sport Michael Ring took the plunge today (Tuesday, January 29th) launching the “Swim Healthy” Initiative which is aimed at promoting recreational swimming countrywide. The initiative comes on the back of a comprehensive piece of...

Press Release from Rowing Ireland: Hamish Adams has been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Rowing Ireland. He takes over from Acting CEO Frank Coghlan and will be based in the National Rowing Centre at Farran Wood, Ovens, Cork. Adams moves from his...

19 Flagship Sporting Events Receive Funding Under IPB Gathering Ireland Fund 19 Sporting events have been named in the list of 82 ‘Flagship Events’ that will receive funding under the €2m IPB Gathering Ireland Fund as announced by Minister of State for Tourism and...

Deaf Sports Ireland has kicked off the year by beginning preparations for this July’s Summer Deaflympics, which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Irish Deaf Men’s football team have already qualified for the games, after a penalty shoot out win over Germany, last...

Irish Wheelchair Association – Sport (IWA – Sport) has been granted the hosting of the Wheelchair Rugby European Qualifying Championships from the 7th to the 9th of February 2013 in Gormanston College, Co Meath. This tournament will see Ireland, Italy, Holland and the...

2012 was a great year for Irish Sport. The Federation’s Annual Review published at the end of November was testament to this. The achievements of our international athletes across a multitude of sports are well documented. Once again however the success of Irish Sport...

Katie Taylor’s gold medal at the London Olympics was the greatest sporting achievement of the year according to the 2012 Sport Sentiment Index published by Pembroke Communications. Taylor who was announced on Thursday as the Irish Times/Irish Sports Council...

2012 marked a period of real progress for Just Sport Ireland, the independent dispute resolution facility, set up by the Federation of Irish Sport to provide a specialised, fast and cost effective mechanism for the resolution of sporting disputes. More than 30 sports...

Budget 2013 sees a reduction in €1.3 million in Irish Sport Council funding for next year. The 2.9% reduction on the Irish sport council's  €44.5 million allocation for 2012 is 2.1% less than the anticipated cut of 5%. Speaking about the impact of Budget 2013 on...

The Federation launched the new Sport Insurance Scheme on 5th December with a group of over 30 sporting bodies attending a reception at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin. The new group insurance scheme has been specifically designed for National Governing Bodies, sports...