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In the News – 9 March 2026

Badminton, Cycling, Hockey, News, Swimming / Suzanne Casey

Hockey The Irish Men’s and women’s hockey teams qualify for the FIH World Cup, after competing in the Qualifiers tournament in Santiago, Chile. The Ireland Men’s Hockey Team closed out their FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers with a win over France to take top spot in the tournament. Having trailed by a goal, Ireland fought [...]

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Swim Ireland Appoint Andy Reid as New National Performance Director

News, Swimming / Suzanne Casey

Swim Ireland announced the appointment of Andy Reid as the organisation’s new National Performance Director. Reid has been Interim National Performance Director since May 2025 and is the former Head of Performance Pathways & Operations, having worked in the Swim Ireland Performance team since 2010. He is also a former Irish international swimmer and represented Ireland at European and World

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IN THE NEWS – AUGUST 11th

Athletics, Equestrian, News, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Weight Lifting / Kevin

New Kids on the Block – Ireland’s Rising Stars Shine This Summer This summer has been a defining moment for Team Ireland’s rising stars. From the pool to the river and the track to the showjumping arena, our junior athletes have charged into finals, stood proudly on podiums and achieved remarkable milestones on both European

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Team Ireland EYOF Medallists 1991 – 2024

Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cycling, EYOF Skopje, EYOF Skopje 2025, Gymnastics, News, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo / Heather

In the 24 years of Team Ireland competing at the European Youth Olympic Festival – Ireland has had significant success. There have been 72 medals won by Irish athletes in that time, and the most successful Games for Team Ireland was in Tibilisi in 2015, with a total of ten medals being spread across athletics

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In The News – July 7th

Athletics, Cycling, Equestrian, News, Rowing, Swimming, Triathlon / Suzanne Casey

Equestrian – Spruce Meadows, Canada Daniel Coyle Won the $1 million ATCO Queen Elizabeth II Cup, producing two flawless rounds with Incredible and winning the jump-off in 35.21 seconds. He edged out USA’s Kyle King by just 0.08 seconds to take his first-ever 5★ Grand Prix win at Spruce Meadows. “It only took 10 years,” Coyle

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Sport Events Coming up in July

Athletics, Badminton, Cycling, Equestrian, Hockey, News, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming / Heather

We are at the start of a jam packed July, check here for information on the upcoming events? DATES EVENT (SPORT) 27 June – 6 July EQUESTRIAN Team Ireland – World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen – Aachen, Germany LINK 28-29 June ATHLETICS Team Ireland – European Athletics Team Championships Division 2 – Maribor, Slovenia LINK

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Nathan Wiffen – Flogas Performance Fund

News, Swimming / Suzanne Casey

Nathan Wiffen is a high performance swimmer that represents Ireland internationally. He recently went on a 2,133 metre (7,000 feet) High Altitude Training Camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, to train in conditions that will help to improve his oxygen levels in the pool for competitions. A big thank you to Flogas for supporting our athletes and

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In The News – May 26th

Athletics, Equestrian, News, Swimming, Taekwondo / Suzanne Casey

Team Ireland Round-Up | Medals, Records, and Milestones Across Europe and the U.S. ATHLETICS | Gidey’s Breakthrough, Healy Shines, English and Coscoran Impress Efrem Gidey made history on Saturday evening in Pacé, France, becoming the first Irish athlete to win individual gold at the European 10,000m Cup. The 24-year-old surged ahead with just over

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Team Ireland Weekend Highlights, April 12–13, 2025

Athletics, Badminton, Cycling, Golf, News, Swimming / Suzanne Casey

From Augusta to Dublin, Belgium to the Basque Country, Irish athletes produced standout performances across a range of Olympic sports this weekend. Rory McIlroy Completes Career Grand Slam Rory McIlroy delivered a defining moment for Irish sport this weekend, winning the 2025 Masters Tournament and becoming just the sixth golfer in history — and

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Top Results from the Weekend

Athletics, Badminton, News, Snowsports, Swimming / Suzanne Casey

9 March 2025; Sarah Healy of Ireland celebrates winning gold in the women's 3000m final on day four of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile A Golden Weekend for Team Ireland! A massive congratulations to our athletes on their incredible performances over the weekend!

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Nominations For RTE Sportsperson of the Year

Athletics, Boxing, Gymnastics, News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Rowing, Summer Games, Swimming / Kevin

Next Sunday evening, December 15th at 9:30 pm, the RTÉ Sport Awards 2024 will air live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player. Hosted by Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney, and Jacqui Hurley from Studio 4 in RTÉ, the event will celebrate Irish sporting excellence in front of an audience filled with the nation’s top athletes.

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SWIMMERS DANIEL WIFFEN AND MONA MCSHARRY ANNOUNCED AS CLOSING CEREMONY FLAGBEARERS

News, Paris 2024, Paris 2024, Swimming / Kevin

Double Olympic medallist Daniel Wiffen, and Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry have been announced as the Team Ireland Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony of Paris 2024 tomorrow night (Sunday). Olympic gold and bronze medallist Wiffen, and Olympic bronze medallist McSharry both reacted with immense pride on discovering they had been selected to carry the Irish

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