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The Olympic Council of Ireland has signed a major co-operation agreement with the Georgian Olympic Committee covering a wide range of of topics including sport exchanges, athlete training, and coaching.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that six National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have submitted applications to host the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014. They are, in alphabetical order: China, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland and Turkey.

Whilst Irish athletes in the sports of Womens 2x Bobsleigh, Cross Country Skiing and Skier Cross events pursue their qualification aspirations around Europe, the organisers of the Vancouver Games are getting ready to mark the one year to go mark.

Olympic Council of Ireland representatives met with Minister of Sport Martin Cullen and Department officials in Dublin, 28th January. It was part of a series of meetings requested by the Minister, post Beijing, to discuss the establishment of a system of support to ensure consistency of performance at future Olympic Games.

Representatives of the Olympic Movement, led by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge and Pat Hickey (EOC), today met with Ján Figel', European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, and his delegation at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne.

The Olympic Council of Ireland has signed a major co-operation agreement with the Romanian Olympic Committee covering a wide range of of topics including sport exchanges, athlete training, coaching and sports medicine.

The Olympic Council of Ireland have been meeting their Winter sport athletes and offiicials to review 2008 and shape programme plans for 2009/10.

International Ski Federation President Gian-Franco Kasper will oversee preparations for the first Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2012, it has been announced.

European Olympic Committee President Pat Hickey, has been named in a distinguished group of people expected to have the greatest impact on the Olympic Movement in the year ahead. Hickey is named in 12th place in the "Around the Rings" magazines "Golden 25" most influential Olympic people.

The Olympic Council of Ireland has expressed its pleasure at the news that Kenny Egan has decided to stay in amateur boxing and make a bid to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Council of Ireland are working closely with athletes and support staff to assist them prepare for the unique environment of the European Youth Olympics in Tampere , Finland 18-25th July 2009.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved today the sports competitions programme for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore in 2010, as well as the qualification system for each event.