Between 26 July and 11 August 2024, Team Ireland will be competing at the Paris Olympic Games. Applications are now open for two volunteers to be directly appointed to Team Ireland for the duration of the Games, and who will be based with the team in Paris throughout the Olympic Games in 2024. The successful […]
Volunteering Opportunity with Team Ireland in Paris 2024 Read More »
DESPITE being Irish Taekwondo’s first and only Olympian Jack Woolley always uses the pronoun “we” to describe his remarkable sporting journey. The sole high performance flagbearer for his sport for half a decade deliberately uses the plural to acknowledge the contribution of his parents and coach Robert Taaffe. But now Woolley’s “we” is including the
Jack Woolley, OFI Paris Scholarship Recipient Read More »
Enjoying the Journey – 14th December, Sport Ireland Campus The Team Ireland Athletes’ Commission are calling on all Olympians (past and present) and high performance athletes on their sports national team (Junior and Senior) to join them for a social event to discuss the importance of ‘Enjoying the Journey’. The event will be brought by
Athletes’ Commission Social Event Read More »
TEAM IRELAND PARIS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT LARA Gillespie is definitely a ‘glass half-full’ person. As one of the 15 individual recipients of OFI Paris Olympic Scholarships she recently got the chance to do a photo-shoot, posing in her Irish skin suit, in front of the Eiffel Tower in the city where she hopes to fulfil her
LARA GILLESPIE (CYCLING) Read More »
We have received the NOC of Ireland media accreditations for Paris 2024 and are at the stage of collecting information from press agencies to gauge what their general intentions are regarding sending journalists/photographers to cover the Paris Olympic Games. Contact [email protected] to receive the link to the registration of interest form. Given the proximity to
PARIS 2024 MEDIA ACCREDITATION – REGISTRATION OF INTEREST Read More »
Rhasidat Adeleke (Athletics)Rhasidat (who doesn’t turn 20 until August 2022) is from Tallaght and is already blazing a trail for Irish sprinting. In 2018, aged just15, she became the European Youth (U18) 200m champion in Hungary. In 2019 she won double sprint gold at the European Youth Olympics in Baku. In July 2021 she became
Paris Scholarship Recipients in Profile Read More »
350,000 USD to be distributed across thirteen sports The Olympic Federation of Ireland today revealed the recipients of the Paris Scholarships, as preparations are already underway for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris 2024. A total pot of $350,000 will be distributed to Olympic hopefuls with the Women’s Hockey team awarded the team grant of
Team Ireland Paris Scholarship Recipients Announced Read More »
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is launching a new four-sport Olympic qualifier series for Paris 2024. This is an Olympic Agenda 2020+5 project, which was presented today to the IOC Executive Board. The new IOC-led Olympic qualifier series will include four sports – BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding, and sport climbing. The series of three festival-style events
IOC launches new four-sport Olympic qualifier series for Paris 2024 Read More »
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR PARIS 2024 TICKETS On the 1 December 2022, those interested in purchasing tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are encouraged to register for the chance to be drawn for the first ticket phase. The Organising Committee are introducing a new ticketing system, with the aim of supporting the slogan
FIRST TICKETING PHASE FOR PARIS 2024 OPEN Read More »
Through the support of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Solidarity (OS) funding, the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) will support athletes and teams on their journey to prepare and qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Invitations have been extended to National Federation Performance Directors and Team Leads to apply for Paris 2024 Olympic OS Scholarships on
Applications for Paris 2024 Olympic Solidarity Scholarships Open Read More »
Deloitte to add 300 new jobs as growth in demand for business transformation services increases Deloitte Ireland today announces that it will become official partner to Team Ireland, signing a four year contract. Team Ireland partnership In addition to embarking on a significant recruitment drive, Deloitte Ireland is also announcing that it has signed a
Deloitte signs four-year partnership deal with Team Ireland Read More »
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved the event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which are centred on gender equality and youth. Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and breaking were confirmed as additional sports proposed by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee. This new flexibility is part
Gender equality and youth at the heart of the Paris 2024 Olympic Sports Programme Read More »
