This is fantastic news! Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan T.D., and Minister for Sport and Postal Policy, Charlie McConalogue T.D., have announced investment of €4 million under the Women in Sport (WIS) Programme for 2025. The WIS was established 20 years ago, to assist projects for a wide range of different sports […]
7 months ago
Best of luck! Two of Ireland’s long distance runners are in action tonight as they go in search of a gold medal at the European Athletics Championships. Anika Thompson and Laura Mooney are involved in the women’s 10,000m final in Rome tonight. Although neither of the two are favourites to land themselves a medal, Thompson […]
1 year ago
Having secured Olympic qualification the day prior, Harrington went on the complete the perfect medal quartet. Kellie Harrington claimed Gold on Saturday evening at the European Games in Krakow, Poland. Outshining her opponent Natalia Shadrina from Serbia, the Dublin boxer claimed a unanimous decision in the women’s lightweight (60kg) final. With last night’s victory, Harrington […]
2 years ago
The women’s World Cup is set to be one of the biggest sporting events of the year. New figures released by football’s global governing body FIFA have shown the soaring popularity of the women’s game ahead of next month’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Speaking on Thursday just over five weeks out from […]
2 years ago
Hearn wants to see Taylor’s next bout take place in front of “40 or 50 thousand people”. Katie Taylor will make her maiden professional boxing appearance on Irish soil in Dublin’s 3 Arena on Saturday night, taking on the also undefeated world champion Chantelle Cameron. Prior to the announcement of this fight, there had been […]
2 years ago
It’s time to stand up for female fans. Stadium bathrooms provide basic services that every fan takes for granted; running water, soap, toilet paper. That being said, most fans have probably found themselves in a situation where one (or more) of the above hasn’t been readily available, to varying degrees of being stuck in an […]
6 years ago