Sarah is the first Chief Executive Officer of Swim Ireland and has held this position for over ten years. Sarah is a former National Level Swimmer, and International Water Polo player. Sarah is a qualified solicitor and prior to Swim Ireland she worked for eight years with Matheson Solicitors (formerly Matheson, Ormsby & Prentice) a […]
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A series of profiles of the executive committee of the Irish Olympic Council.
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The Olympic Council of Ireland have been informed of the death on Thursday 14 August of Ernest ” Square ” Mc Cartney selected for the 1948 Olympic Games (Wellington Swimming Club member). Square, as he was commonly known, received a special award from the OCI prior to the London Olympics to mark his selection for the London games of
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It is with sad regret that the death has occurred of Denis Sugrue, UCD and Old Collegians Boat Clubs and cox of the 1948 Ireland Olympic VIII. This was Ireland’s first international rowing crew. Denis and his wife Helen were your guests at the OCI Olympic lunch at Farmleigh in 2013. The OCI will represented
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It was with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Olympian Harry Boland on Wednesday December 18th. Introduced to the sport by the legendary Fr Horan, Harry Boland went to on become a member of the Basketball Ireland Hall of Fame and among other achievements, played in the 1948 Olympic Games for the Irish
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At the first meeting of the Olympic Federation of Ireland Athletes’ Commission Darren O’Neill, Ireland’s representative in the middleweight category in boxing at the London Olympic Games was unanimously elected as chairperson. Darren from Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny will attend OCI Executive Committee meetings as an ex oficio member. Following his election, he said “it
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Please click on the following link to view the document: Olympic Federation of_Athletes’ Commission_Terms of Reference
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The death has taken place in Garden City, New York of Irish Olympian Cummin Clancy who hailed from Oughterard, Co. Galway. His funeral will take place in St. Joseph’s Church, Franklin Ave., Garden City on Wednesday next (Feb 20). A member of An Garda Siochana, he was the Irish champion discus thrower many times and,
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Irish Olympian boxer and former Ulster and Irish Featherweight champion, who boxed out of Belfast Star ABC, passed away peacefully in a Seattle hospital on November 25, 2012. Born and reared in Rockdale Street, on Belfast’s Falls Road, he joined the Star Club to be coached by legendary Belfast fight trainer Akkie Kelly. Smyth won the
The eleven surviving members of the Irish team that competed 64 years ago in the London Olympic Games of 1948 were honoured at a celebratory luncheon today – March 9th organised by the Olympic Council of Ireland. The luncheon, held in Farmleigh House, was attended by six of the team and the other five were
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