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The Mastermind Behind Team Ireland’s Success in Boxing – Zauri Antia
Described as ‘the mastermind behind Team Ireland’s success in boxing’, Zauri Antia was the very popular winner of the OFI’s prestigious President’s Award recently for services to Irish Olympic sport. The word ‘mastermind’ conjures up images of an evil genius hiding his secrets in a mountainous lair but there is nothing surreptitious about Antia or …
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400,000 TICKETS FOR PARIS 2024
Paris 2024 will release 400,000 tickets to the public on the global sales platform on 30th November 2023 at 10:00am (CET) 09:00AM (IST). Tickets for all sports are expected to be on sale. Please logon to paris2024.org to apply on the 30th of November!
120,000 Schoolchildren Signed Up To Dare To Believe Olympic Movement Breaks
We're into the third week of our Dare To Believe Olympic Movement Break Challenge! There has been over 120,000 schoolchildren via 5000 plus teachers getting involved every day with various Olympic challenges. These range from a boxing class with Olympic Champion Kellie Harrington, to running the 400m Hurdles Olympic Final with Thomas Barr. If you're …
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Invitations Open for Paris 2024 Cultural Experience
As Paris prepares to host next year’s Olympic Games, invitations for two key Irish cultural experiences have been extended to the public. The Irish Cultural Centre (Centre Culturel Irlandais or CCI) has opened invitations for artists to engage with Team Ireland, meanwhile plans to create an exhibition charting 100 years of Irish participation at the …
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Performance Round Up – November
Catch up on the latest results of Team Ireland athletes throughout the month of November! Men's Skiff Qualify For Paris 2024 After six days battling light winds off Portugal's Algarve coast, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove have won the single nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympics at this year's 49er European Championship. The place in the …
PTSB Announces 11 Team Ireland Ambassadors ahead of Paris 2024
PTSB Announces 11 Team Ireland Ambassadors ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Olympic Champions Kellie Harrington, Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, as well as Paralympic Silver Medallist Nicole Turner, among the athletes named. As part of PTSB’s title sponsorship of Team Ireland, the bank is delighted to announce Kellie Harrington, Rhys McClenaghan, Paul …
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Irish Squash Names Team for World Championships
Ireland will be represented by a strong team comprising an exciting mix of youth and experience at the 2023 WSF Men’s World Team Championships in Tauranga, New Zealand, from December 11th to 17th. Sam Buckley, Sean Conroy, Oisin Logan, and Michael Creaven have gained selection and look forward to testing themselves against the world’s top-ranked …
PARIS 2024 ROAD CYCLING QUOTA PLACES CONFIRMED FOR TEAM IRELAND
The UCI has confirmed that three Team Ireland riders will compete in the road racing events at the Olympic Games in Paris next summer. Team Ireland will have two cyclists in the Men’s Road Race, one of whom will also compete in the Time Trial, and for the first time in 24 years, Ireland will …
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GAMES National Action Day Launched
GENDER BALANCE IN SPORTS LEADERSHIP, HIGH-PERFORMANCE COACHING AND VISIBILITY ADDRESSED IN OLYMPIC FEDERATION OF IRELAND NATIONAL ACTION LAUNCH The Olympic Federation of Ireland today, 13 November 2023, held its Gender Equality National Action launch at the Sport Ireland Campus where it was joined by its member sports, by Sport Ireland, by participating Third level institutions …
TEAM IRELAND OLYMPIC BALL HONOURS EUROPEAN GAMES & AWARDS
Link to imagery HERE Athletes and performance enablers gather to celebrate Olympic sport in Ireland Last night, the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) hosted the Team Ireland Olympic Ball at the Mansion House in Dublin, to celebrate the achievements and contributions of members of the Irish Olympic family in 2023, as well as to …
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TIPPERARY CRYSTAL ANNOUNCED AS OFFICIAL GIFTING SUPPLIER FOR TEAM IRELAND
The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) today announced Tipperary as its official gifting supplier for Paris 2024. Formerly known as Tipperary Crystal, this agreement will see Team Ireland celebrate moments with Tipperary in the lead-up to next year’s Paris Olympic Games. View Tipperary Crystal website here. Tipperary is rooted in Irish design, creating innovative …
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Olympic Movement Breaks Launched in Primary Schools Nationally
Team Ireland athletes star as Olympic Movement Breaks is launched in primary schools nationally The Olympic Federation of Ireland and the Active School Flag programmes work together to get Irish primary school pupils more active Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education Thomas Byrne TD Launches Initiative The Minister of State for Sport and …
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