Vancouver 2010

The Flag Raising Ceremony is the official welcome to the Irish Team into the Olympic Village. Pat Hickey, President, Olympic Council of Ireland, Siobhain Hoey, Chef de Mission, athletes, officials and invited guests attended.

The Olympic Council of Ireland has chosen Aoife Hoey (25) from Portarlington to lead the Irish team into the Olympic stadium in Vancouver on Friday next (Feb 12th).

The Court of Arbitration for Sport will announce their decision on the Australian Olympic Committee appeal this evening 8pm Irish Time, Tuesday 9th February.

Aiofe Hoey, Claire Bergin and Pat Shannon arrived in Vancouver on the 31st January for a 4 day practice session at the Whistler Sliding Centre, 1st-4th February.

The Olympic Council of Ireland today (Jan 27) announced the full line up of the Irish Winter Olympic team scheduled to compete at next month’s Games in Vancouver.

Ireland's prospects of qualifying in women's bobsleigh at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, are on track, enhanced by their inclusion in the final four races in the 2009/10 World Cup series.

The final countdown to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next February began in earnest today with the lighting of the Olympic Flame in a traditional ceremony in Olympia, Greece.

IOC Olympic Review article on Aoife Hoey who is benefiting from an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship in the run-up to the Vancouver Olympic Games.

Ireland's Vancouver 2010 winter athletes were in Olympic House yesterday to discuss a range of issues in preparation for the incoming 2009/10 season. The Olympic Council of Ireland have provided athlete scholarships to assist athletes with their qualification programmes.

Athletes in contention for places in Team Ireland, Pat Shannon, Aoife Hoey, Paul Griffin attended the official signing of the IOC's invitation to participate in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, 12th – 28th February 2010.

Vancouver 2010During his visit to Vancouver and Whistler last week for the one-year-to-go celebrations, IOC President Jacques Rogge had the opportunity to see first-hand a number of the venues that will be used during the Vancouver 2010 Games. Rogge was able to visit the Olympic and Paralympic Village Whistler, the Whistler Olympic Park, the Whistler Sliding Centre, the Richmond Olympic Oval, Cypress Mountain, the International Broadcast Centre and the Vancouver Olympic Centre.

Delegates at the conclusion of the 2010 Chef's de Mission Seminar were impressed by VANOC's organisation to date in preparing the necessary environment for a successful Winter Games next year.