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Olympic Qualification opportunity in Portugal for Irish Sailors

One nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the Men’s Skiff event will be decided this week at the 49er European Championship in Portugal (Vilamoura, November 8th -n13th) where two Irish crews will be in action.   Robert Dickson (Howth Yacht Club) and Sean Waddilove (Skerries Sailing Club) missed qualification by one place at […]

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Bernard Jackman Appointed Acting Head of Sport at HSI

JACKMAN APPOINTED ACTING HEAD OF SPORT AT HSI  Former Ireland rugby international to oversee high performance programme in run-up to Paris Olympics Bernard Jackman has been appointed Acting Head of High Performance Sport at Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) in the lead-up to the Olympic Games in Paris. The former Ireland rugby union international, who won a

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Roisin McGettigan-Dumas Becomes President of the IOA, Olympic Champion Ronnie Delany Steps Down

OLYMPIAN ROISIN MCGETTIGAN-DUMAS BECOMES THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE IRISH OLYMPIANS’ ASSOCIATION OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST RONNIE DELANY STEPS DOWN AND IS AWARDED THE IOA PRESIDENT EMERITUS TITLE   Olympic Champion Ronnie Delany has stepped down from his position as President of the Irish Olympians’ Association and the mantle will be passed to 2008 Team Ireland

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Rowing Ireland Kickstart Olympic Year On The Paris 2024 Olympic Course

12 athletes across 6 boats qualified quota spots for Team Ireland at the recent World Rowing Championships which took place in Belgrade, Serbia in September. After a short break, Team Ireland rowers are back in training and leaving no stone unturned as they prepare for the Olympic Games in less than 275 days. Part-funded by

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TOWN OF FONTAINEBLEAU TO HOST TEAM IRELAND ATHLETICS TEAM AHEAD OF PARIS 2024

PRE-GAMES TRAINING CAMP FOR ATHLETICS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN PHILIPPE MAHUT STADIUM   ATHLETICS IRELAND SIGN AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF FONTAINEBLEAU The town of Fontainebleau has been named as the host city for the pre-games training camp for the athletics team who will compete for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games next year. Stade

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OFI Successful In Application For IOC Solidarity Funding For Snowsports And Luge Athletes

The Olympic Federation of Ireland were successful in their application for the Youth Athlete Development programme for the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games (YOG)  in Gangwon, China which will take place between 19th January and 1st February 2024.   A record 1900 athletes is expected to take part at these games, which will be the 4th edition of YOG. The

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