THE GOVERNMENT ARE set to provide €70 million in funding to assist Irish sport after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The funding will see the three main sporting organisations – the FAI, the GAA and the IRFU – receive up to €40m, which will be allocated on a...

The government has announced that all sporting activity in the Republic of Ireland can resume from 29 June. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that most of the elements of easing coronavirus restrictions planned for Phases 4 and 5, including those relating to sport, had been...

The government has announced a funding package of €70 million for the Irish sports sector to cover the financial hit brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. The FAI, the GAA and the IRFU are the biggest recipients with €40 million set to be split between them – a...

Bernard O'Byrne was CEO of the FAI when English fans rioted at Lansdowne Road in 1995 and the eircom Park saga was a daily headache. Now Basketball Ireland's boss, he talks crisis management with Brendan O'Brien as sport responds to the Covid-19 pandemic. Q:...

Q: What was the moment you realised that this was a challenge on an entirely different scale? A: Early on we were very conscious about what was happening in Italy and trying to assess the implications of the coronavirus outbreak. Many of our athletes were attending an...

Michelle Carpenter, chief executive of Rowing Ireland, talks to Brendan O'Brien about the unique challenges presented by the current crisis, the financial realities that still lie ahead and the optimism that comes with the re-opening of sport and society at large in...

Exactly two years into his role as GAA director general, Tom Ryan was faced with the monumental task of guiding the organisation through the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to John Fogarty, he discusses the experience and the next steps for the Association Q: What was...

In the strangest of times, notions of what makes nations first or third world seem strangely displaced. The economy alone just doesn’t seem to cut it when how to react to a virus becomes a barometer for how civilised a country behaves. When the pandemic threat was...

Emmet Ryan reflects on the call for a Resilience Fund for sport after a week where key figures in the sector have painted the picture of sporting organisations becoming non-viable unless something is done to financially support the sector. The governing bodies of...

Hamish Adams, chief executive of Athletics Ireland, discusses how the sport has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as it takes its first steps back in phase one of the government’s roadmap for re-opening the country. Full article can be viewed at...