Conor Stakelum (28) is Ireland’s sole representative at the Nebelhorn Trophy 2021 this week in Oberstdorf, Germany which serves as the final qualifying competition in figure skating for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Stakelum joins athletes from 25 other nations who will be seeking to pick up one of the remaining seven […]
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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
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We are very excited to make our second official team selection this week with today’s announcement of Taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley being selected for Team Ireland in Tokyo this summer. Read more about this below, along with some of the highlights from the past week and a look forward to some of the competitions on
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We have a few exciting events on the radar this week, including the Green Army taking on Olympic Champions GB in hockey’s Softco Series over the weekend. We spoke with Team Ireland hockey goalkeeper from Larne Ayeisha McFerran, (TRANSCRIPT HERE) who has been quarantining in Belfast ahead of their first clash on the 13th March.
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This week we have a number of updates across the sports, with Team Ireland athletes in action in both summer and winter events. While many eyes will be on the athletics this coming weekend, we are also keeping a keen focus on the winter sports, where Irish athletes are competing in World Championship events. We
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The Olympic Federation of Ireland is delighted to announce that Ciara McCallion has been appointed as the Head of Performance Support for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, which run from the 4-20 February 2022. McCallion will play an integral role in supporting the athletes during the Winter Games and will be operating under the
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This was a busy week for us, both from a sporting perspective, but also as an organisation, with the launch of our Don’t Scroll By campaign, targeting online hate speech, a campaign that was led by our Athletes’ Commission and supported by the wider Olympic family, more below. Below we have a number of updates
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This week much of the focus in the Olympic community has been on the release of the playbooks which is a framework which will underpin how all the various stakeholders are expected to behave at the Olympic Games. What these playbooks have outlined is an emphasis of the IOC and the Tokyo Organising Committee on
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Winter Olympic hopeful Cormac Comerford is currently competing on the Alpine Skiing circuit. ‘We are less than a week out from World Championships and 1 year from 2022 Winter Games. I’ve been able to put in some solid work towards achieving my season goals and putting myself in the best position for selection for the
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To mark one year to go until the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has put athletes at the heart of this milestone by featuring their preparation and commitment to getting to the Games during these unprecedented times. Athletes narrate and feature in self-filmed content in a film released on this
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With one year to go, Team Ireland athletes are currently competing in events around the world with an eye on the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, which run from the 4-20 February 2022. In Pyeongchang in 2018, a five strong team flew the flag for Ireland at the Winter Games, and currently athletes across nine
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Today marks one year to go until the Winter Olympics in Beijing! While much of the sporting calendar has hit pause, it is refreshing to check in with our winter sports, where so far this season around the world 7000 live winter events have taken place in safe and controlled environments. In today’s update, as
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