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Ireland Senior Men Draw 1-1 with France in Lisnagarvey in first of Two-Match Series

Ireland 1 (S O’Donoghue) France 1 (H Genestet) A goal from Shane O’Donoghue in the 42nd minute saw Ireland take the lead in third quarter against France at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club, in the first of this two-match series. However, Frenchman Hugo Genestet equalised with the last play of the game following seven consecutive penalty corners […]

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Ireland Take Bronze in Bettystown Sunshine

News, Volleyball / Kevin

Ireland reached the silver match in the CEV Continental Cup in Bettystown, Ireland. The Irish due of O’Regan and Kaczmarek lost 21-12, 21-18 in a competitive encounter against Sotland’s top team. Alex Gibbons and Oisin McArdle then wowed the crowd with some impressive blocking at the net, before Scotland claimed the first 21-18. Ireland

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McClenaghan hits Pommel gold at the 2019 World Cup, Slovenia

Gymnastics, News / Kevin

Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has won gold in the pommel-horse final today at the 2019 FIG World Challenge Cup in Koper, Slovenia with an impressive score of 15.450. Only last week McClenaghan returned to podium securing a silver medal at the World Cup pommel final in China after a long period of post shoulder surgery

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Hockey Ireland Announce Women’s Senior International Team for FIH World Series in June

Hockey / Kevin

The Irish Women’s Hockey squad was unveiled early this morning for the upcoming FIH World Series in Banbridge, which gets underway on June 8th. This tournament is the first stage in the Olympic qualification process for the Irish women, with the top two teams from each FIH Series Finals securing a place in qualification events

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Irish Volleyball Team Announced for Olympic Qualifiers

Volleyball / Kevin

Volleyball Ireland has announced the four pairings that will compete in this weekend’s Continental Cup at Bettystown, Co Meath. The event which is part of the Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Series features both male and female teams from across Europe. In the Men’s draw Ireland will take on Scotland, Lithuania and Ukraine which each Nation

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Irish ‘Dream Team’ score second Nations Cup win in the space of a week

Equestrian, News / Kevin

The Irish Show Jumping team of Jenny Rankin, Aidan Killeen, Susan Fitzpatrick and Ger O’Neill, managed by Taylor Vard, have scored their second Nations Cup win in the space of a week, this time landing the Danish Nations Cup in Uggerhaine. The Irish quartet came out on top last Friday at Drammen in Norway when

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Ireland come close to ending 93-year wait to win Italian Nations Cup with impressive runner-up finish in Rome

Equestrian, News / Kevin

The Irish Show Jumping team of Mark McAuley, Peter Moloney, Darragh Kenny and Cian O’Connor, narrowly missed out on ending a 93-year wait to win the Italian Nations Cup for the very first time this afternoon (Friday), after a excellent performance saw them finish as runners-up. Ireland, managed by Michael Blake, were in a share

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Top Athletics Performances

Athletics / Kevin

Donegal’s Brendan Boyce has booked his seat on the plane to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo following a fantastic performance in the 50k European Race Walking Championships in Alytus. Boyce finished in a Personal Best time of 3:48:13 to claim fifth place overall. The race for third was a three way battle between Boyce,

Hockey Ireland Announce Men’s Senior International Team for FIH World Series in June

Hockey / Kevin

The Senior Irish Men’s Hockey squad was unveiled early this morning for the upcoming FIH World Series in Le Touquet, France, which gets underway on June 15th. This tournament is the first stage in the Olympic qualification process for the Irish men, with the top two teams from each FIH Series Finals securing a place

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McClenaghan back on podium at China World Cup

Gymnastics, News / Kevin

Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan won silver in the Pommel-horse final with a score of 14.600 at today’s FIG World Challenge Cup in Zhaoqing, China. This is McClenaghan’s first time competing after a long period of post shoulder surgery recovery. Commenting on the achievement CEO of Gymnastics Ireland, Mr. Ciaran Gallagher said: ‘Superb result

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IOC EB Recommends Boxing Keeps on Tokyo 2020 Programme, AIBA Suspension

Boxing, News / Kevin

IOC EB recommends boxing keep its place on the Tokyo 2020 sports programme and suspension of recognition of AIBA Boxing is set to maintain its place on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, but the recognition of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should be suspended. This

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National Team Sponsor for Volleyball

Volleyball / Kevin

Volleyball Ireland are delighted to announce W.E.D Consulting Ltd as their main Women’s Team Sponsor for 2019. The Dublin based consultancy firm specialises in cost management, quantity surveying, project management and specialist project control services on development and construction projects in Ireland and abroad. The partnership will see W.E.D Consulting become Team Ireland’s main

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