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January 16, 2023
PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES TICKETING UPDATE 31 JAN DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR WORLDWIDE TICKET LOTTERY PRE-SALE HOSPITALITY PACKAGES ANNOUNCED TODAY The Olympic Federation of Ireland today reminded supporters interested in attending the Paris Olympic Games in 2024 to register before the 31 January deadline for the Worldwide ticket only lottery if they have not already […]

Ireland Squads Set For Big Weekend Of World Series Action In Hong Kong

March 30, 2023
The race for Olympic qualification hots up this weekend as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series rolls into Hong Kong for a historic double header event. For the first time in the Hong Kong Sevens’ 46-year history, the top 12 Women’s nations, including invitational team Hong Kong China, will join the Men’s Series for a thrilling three-day competition in […]

ROWING: Women's 4- Olympic Medal and the High Performance System

March 30, 2023
This week we released the first of three videos in a series looking at stories behind some of our Team Ireland Tokyo Olympic medals. 'Blood, Sweat and Tears' tells the story of the Women's Four who stormed to an Olympic Bronze medal on the Sea Forest Waterway on a blistering hot day at the Tokyo […]

OFI FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT

March 30, 2023
The Olympic Federation of Ireland today announced details of its 2023 discretionary funding packages to National Federations. A pot of €205,000 has been allocated to projects across seventeen sports, an amount that is in addition to the €115,000 Make a Difference Athlete’s Fund that was distributed to athletes last week. This brings to over one […]

OFI DISCRETIONARY FUND ALLOCATION FOR SPORTS REVEALED

March 30, 2023
OFI ANNOUNCES 2023 DISCRETIONARY FUND ALLOCATIONS TO NATIONAL FEDERATIONS  OVER €1M ALLOCATED BY OFI TO PERFORMANCE PROJECTS SINCE 2018 The Olympic Federation of Ireland today announced details of its 2023 discretionary funding packages to National Federations. A pot of €205,000 has been allocated to projects across seventeen sports, an amount that is in addition to […]

GENDER EQUALITY MONTH

March 28, 2023
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, and Gender Equality Month, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has today announced a series of profiles of some of Ireland’s high-performance female coaches, who have been blazing a trail in Irish Olympic sport. The series kicked off with interviews with two well-known names in Irish sport, Lisa Jacob (Hockey Ireland […]

WATCH: BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS

March 28, 2023
TOKYO MEDAL MOMENTS REVISITED IN MINI-DOCUSERIES OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL IN WOMEN’S FOUR THROWBACK As athletes pass the halfway mark in the shortest Olympic cycle in history, the Olympic Federation of Ireland today launched the first film in a mini docuseries reflecting on some of the Olympic medal moments from Tokyo 2020, a timely reminder of […]


Irish Open Swimming Championships – Preview

March 28, 2023
Ireland’s Top Swimmers Chase International Qualifications 29th March 2023 Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Swimming Championships start on Saturday (1st April) at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The 5-day event will see almost five hundred swimmers from seventy clubs compete for national titles in thirty-four individual events and for places on seven Irish National Teams, […]

RECIPIENTS OF OFI MAKE A DIFFERENCE FUND

March 23, 2023
ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED WITH €115,000 DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 16 SPORTS Following an overwhelming response in applications to the Make a Difference athlete fund that was announced by the OFI Athletes’ Commission earlier this year, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has channelled an additional €50,000 directly to athletes. Athletes across sixteen sports were awarded a total amount […]

Francine Meehan, Women In Coaching - High Performance Pathway (WISH)

March 20, 2023
Why did you start coaching, what was your avenue into your coaching journey, did someone encourage you in the early days? At the age of Ten, two events affected my life forever. In 1988 my sporting journey began. I watched in wonder the Seoul Olympics, particularly the Steeplechase. And the Rás Tailteann (RAS - International […]

PARIS 2024: TICKET REGISTRATION REOPENS AS COUNTDOWN PASSES 500 DAYS TO GO

March 17, 2023
With now less than 500 days to go until the return of greatest sporting show on earth, fans can still be in with a chance to see Team Ireland's extraordinary athletes back in Olympic competition. Whether it’s Kellie Harrington boxing in the electric atmosphere of the Rolland Garros Stadium, Daniel Wiffen gliding through the water […]

TRANSPLANT TEAM GEARS UP TO GO DOWN UNDER FOR WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES

March 15, 2023
2023 WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES Fourteen Irish transplant recipients will travel to Perth, Australia next month to represent Ireland at the World Transplant Games (15-21April). This follows a four-year hiatus for the biennial World Transplant Games, as the previous event planned for 2021 had to be cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Irish squad […]

Three Irish Divers Selected for 2023 World Championships

March 15, 2023
Three Irish divers have been announced to represent Ireland at the upcoming World Aquatics Championships, an opportunity at qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. European finalists Clare Cryan and Ciara McGing and World Junior medallist Jake Passmore will represent Ireland at the Championships from July 15th – 22nd in Fukuoka, Japan. Cryan and McGing, have both […]

Eleanor Condon - Triathlon - Women In Coaching High Performance Pathway

March 11, 2023
Why did you start coaching, what was your avenue into your coaching journey, did someone encourage you in the early days? I started coaching as part of my role as a Development Officer within Triathlon Ireland - initially with the schools programme, Triheroes but as my confidence and skill set progressed I became more actively […]

FANCY RUNNING ON THE STREETS OF PARIS DURING THE OLYMPICS?

March 10, 2023
OPPORTUNITY TO GET ENTRY TO THE MARATHON FOR ALL (10KM) Two Free Entries to be won to celebrate Paris 2024 500 Days To Go Next Tuesday, the 14th of March, people around the world will be celebrating 500 days to go until the biggest sporting event in the world. The next edition of the summer […]

Liam O'Brien Seoul Competitor For Ireland At Short Track Speed Skating Worlds

March 10, 2023
Liam O'Brien (24) is all set to close out the season this weekend (10-12 March) as he represents Ireland at the KB Financial Group ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea. The Irish skater will be among a field of over 80 athletes from 34 countries racing for top honours in the […]
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