Aug 28, 2019
JLT Ireland are insurance broker and Risk Management Advisors to the Federation of Irish Sport.
Following the recent acquisition of the JLT Group by Marsh McLennan, we are now positioned globally as one of the world largest insurance broker & Risk Management provider delivering cost effective and comprehensive insurance / Risk Management solutions.
We are proud to continue to work with the Federation of Irish Sport and strive to protect their members in a proactive and cost effective way. Our sports insurance facility is specifically designed for the National Governing bodies and tailored to specifically meet the insurance needs of our National Sports Associations, Clubs, Coaches and Participants.
We pride ourselves on knowing our clients and their business. Understanding the insurance challenges currently faced by all sporting organisations. Our knowledge around the diversity of risks and exposures allows us to tailor an insurance programme specific to our client’s needs.
We presently provide broker services to many of the National Governing Bodies and recently entered into a new partnership with the GAA when appointed as the broker for their Association. Our passionate team is excited by this expansion to our sports service and we are looking forward to the prospect of working with counties and clubs in the area of risk management over the coming years.
Sinéad Leavy, GAA Risk and Insurance Manager on behalf of the GAA Risk and Insurance Committee commented:
“The Association is very much looking forward to working with the team in Marsh / JLT so that we can continue to provide extensive Insurance coverage for our affiliated units particularly in light of the challenges facing the insurance market in Ireland which have been well documented.”
Our dedicated team are available to support our clients by delivering the highest quality of service not only at the time of your insurance renewal but right throughout he sporting year to ensure insurance does not become a barrier to performance.
Our Marsh / JLT service team contacts are detailed below:
Marsh / JLT Sports Service Team
Postal Address Phone Number Email
JLT Ireland
Cherrywood business Park
Loughlinstown
Dublin 18 01- 2026000 team-sports-charities@jlt.ie
Account Executive Team Leader
Barbara Mc Cluskey
01 202 6049 – direct dial Barbara.mccluskey@marsh.com
Business Development Executives
Tom O’Leary
01 202 6018 – direct dial Tom.oleary@marsh.com
Keith Heffernan
01 202 6041 – direct dial Keith.heffernan@marsh.com
We look forward through our partnership with the Federation of Irish Sport to engaging with you in future months regarding the insurance challenges and emerging exposures in the sports environment.
Yours in Sport,
Kind Regards
Ciaran Whelan
Head of Enterprise & Sport
Marsh / JLT Ireland
JLT Insurance Brokers Ireland Limited trading as JLT Ireland, JLT Financial Services, GIS Ireland, Charity Insurance, Teacherwise, Childcare Insurance, JLT Online, JLT Trade Credit Insurance, JLT Sport is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. JLT Ireland is a trading name of JLT Insurance Brokers Ireland Limited and is a member of the Marsh & McLennan Companies group. JLT Ireland is a private company limited by shares. We are registered in Ireland with company registration number 21622 and our registered office address is located at Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18.
Aug 27, 2019
A record four players from Ireland were selected by Great Britain and Ireland for the Jacques Léglise Trophy at Aldeburgh, England (30-31 August).
Joshua Hill (Galgorm Castle), Aaron Marshall (Lisburn), Tom McKibbin (Holywood) and Luke O’Neill (Connemara) were named in the nine-player team for the annual U18 match against Continent of Europe.
GB&I will be looking to defend the Jacques Léglise Trophy after they won 15.5 -9.5 at Kytäjä Golf in Finland last year. Captain Stuart Wilson has assembled a strong team with five players returning from the 2018 winning line-up, including playing captain Barclay Brown.
Among the newcomers are three Ireland players: Joshua Hill, the 2019 McGregor Trophy champion; Aaron Marshall, the Irish Boys’ Amateur champion; and Luke O’Neill, the German Boys’ Open champion.
The Continent of Europe last won the match in 2017 at Ballybunion after successfully defending the title it won in 2016 at Prince’s. Since the Jacques Léglise Trophy was first contested in 1958, GB&I has won 29 matches overall with the Continent of Europe claiming 12 victories with one match tied.
The format for the Jacques Léglise Trophy is four foursomes matches each morning, eight singles matches on the afternoon of Friday 30 August and nine singles matches on the afternoon of Saturday 31 August.
GB&I: Barclay Brown (18) (Captain), Hallamshire, England; Archie Davies (18), Carlisle, Wales; Joshua Hill (16), Galgorm Castle, Ireland; Aaron Marshall (18), Lisburn, Ireland; Tom McKibbin (16), Holywood, Ireland; Connor McKinney (17), Joondalup, Scotland; Luke O’Neill (18), Connemara, Ireland; Joseph Pagdin (17), Lake Nona, England; Benjamin Schmidt (17), Rotherham, England.
Aug 27, 2019
Media Release
Frank Greally was on hand to launch the 2019 Remembrance Run 5k– the unique and hugely popular Walk or Run event that takes place in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, November 10th.
This will be the eight annual Remembrance Run 5k which last year attracted a record number of over 5,000 entrants. It is an event with its own special atmosphere that includes Choirs, Music, Song, Commentary, and a Special Wall of Remembrance. Participants also receive a Special Souvenir Candle, as well as an event Goodie Bag.
Frank Greally, who in association with Athletics Ireland in 2012, founded the Remembrance Run 5k, said: “It was the passing of the legendary sports writer Con Houlihan that inspired me to set up this this special event in association with Athletics Ireland. Con was a dear friend and mentor and his columns on sport and literature in the Evening Press earned him a huge following over many years.
And it was Fr Brian D’Arcy who inspired me to write the Remembrance Run song when I heard him say at another great friend’s funeral, the late and famous RTE sports broadcaster, Jimmy Magee: ‘As long as Jimmy is remembered, he will never die.’ See a verse of the song.”
Remember in November
Remember me when in deep November
The days close in- the leaves are falling free
I hope you pause and smile when you remember
Then walk or run a few miles of the road with me
Among the many guests in attendance at today’s Remembrance Run launch was the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Paul McAuliffe.
The Lord Mayor said, “Remembrance Run is a really unique event, and offers us the chance to pause, and remember family and friends who have passed. I would encourage everyone to go along to the Phoenix Park on November 10th and experience the special atmosphere that only an event like this can create”.
Athletics Ireland CEO, Hamish Adams took part in the 2018 event and is already looking forward to what promises to be another great day in the Phoenix Park. He said, “Remembrance Run is an event that all of us in Athletics Ireland look forward to each year. It’s a day about remembering those that we’ve lost. We’re delighted that once again, we will have a special Wall of Remembrance erected at the race finish on Furze Road in the Phoenix Park. Every year, this wall is filled to capacity with signatures and messages, and there is something very special about people coming together to remember close family and friends in this special way.”
If you would like to share a special memory of a loved one or add some names to our online Remembrance Wall, you can do so by emailing: marybohanna@athleticsireland.ie .
Further information and updates relating to the event can be found at remembrancerun.ie .
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Aug 27, 2019
The AIG Irish Open took place at Carrickmines Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club from July 29th – August 4th and proved to be a great success. Tennis Ireland were delighted with the attendance numbers during the week plus the singles finals (broadcast live on TG4) attracted double the TV audience share compared to 2018.
This reflected the quality of the entrants this year and the strong Irish performance in both the doubles and singles of the Men’s and Women’s Events – culminating with two Irish Winners.
The finals were played across the Saturday and Sunday; with the Doubles Final and Singles Semi-finals being played on the Saturday.
The spectators were treated to some excellent tennis all week with lots of local interest leading to the strong Irish presence at the business end of the tournament.
The weekend got off to a great start as Georgia Drummy powered her way to the Women’s Singles Final. The local audience were hoping for an all Irish affair as Anna Bowtell looked to join Georgia in the final as she pushed the Number One seed, Alice Robbe from France, all the way before losing in three tight sets.
Similarly, in the Men’s event, Irish Number One Simon Carr came very close to upsetting the Men’s number one seed, Igor Sijsling – who has a career high ranking of 52 on the ATP and who reached the final of the Australian Open in 2014 – before losing out in 3 long sets. The Number One seed went on to show his class in a very professional performance in the final, using his excellent serve and groundstrokes to hold off the number two seed, Ryan Peniston (GBR), 6/4 7/6.
In the Women’s Doubles, Georgia Drummy and Karolina Berankova (CZE) reached the final before losing to top seeds Karola Bejenaru (ROU) who is based in Ireland and competes for Ulster, and her partner Lisa Ponomar (GER). In the Men’s event, local player Julian Bradley went one step further with his partner and former college roommate Jack Findel-Hawkins (GBR), by winning the title 6/2, 7/5 over second seeds Ben Jones (GBR) and Joshua Paris (GBR).
Georgia’s disappointment however would soon prove to be short lived as the eagerly awaited ladies final saw Georgia face top seed, Alice Robbe (FRA).
Georgia showed tremendous character to overcome nerves and 6 break points in the first game before settling into the match. Georgia then very much got into her match rhythm and started to overpower the number one seed.
Much to the local crowd’s delight, Georgia hit a number of very impressive winners on her way to an emphatic straight sets victory 6/1 6/2 to cap off a Sijsling week of great tennis.
Aug 27, 2019
Women’s Pool C: Ireland 3 (Evans, Hawkshaw, Mullan) Russia 2 (Sadovaia, Leonova)
An early morning start for the Irish Women’s final match of the Euro Hockey Tournament in Antwerp saw them achieve a 3 – 2 victory over Russia to finish 5th place overall in the tournament on Sunday the 25th.
The Irish Women came agonisingly close to a first European Championships semi-final position after producing a 1-1 draw against Germany earlier in the tournament. Having put the world number 5 ranked team under serious pressure the squad have shown they are capable of mixing it with the top teams in the world.
With 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the tournament, the Irish Women’s hockey team comfortably retain their top tier European status for 2021 and show that their new coaching set-up is starting to show results.
Speaking after the final match, Head Coach Sean Dancer said, “We always knew it was going to be a tough game and Russia are a good team; they certainly have some good players.
Last game of the tournament is always nice and tough. In the end, there are things we can do better, especially in the attacking circle and today we only forced one penalty corner so we probably weren’t as smart as we’ve been in the last few games, but real credit to the girls they kept fighting and were able to get the win 3 – 2.”
Europeans are considered one of the toughest continental championships to compete in for hockey, with many of the top ranked teams in the world situated in Europe. Winning the competition outright secures automatic Olympic qualification, however a competitive tournament equalling their best ever result at this level shows that Ireland are in good form as they look to build towards their direct Olympic qualifier in two months’ time.
Aug 27, 2019
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Please see below a list or digest of information on general queries relating to Brexit. “Getting Ireland Brexit Ready”, which contains a series of guidance notes and other website references for nearly all of the areas mentioned above:
• Getting Ireland Brexit Ready
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a7ba02-brexit-info/
• Administration and Banking
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/52c5c4-administration-and-banking/
• Visas
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa
• World Trade Organisation – VAT, Tax Customs
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariffs_e.htm
• Data Protection
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/bf5200-data-management/
• Brexit and Transport
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a09c0f-brexit/
• Brexit useful contacts
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/7feff3-brexit-business-useful-contacts/
