Organisation: Olympic Federation of Ireland

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Puspure: Ireland could lose Olympic prospects to retirement if 5km restriction not eased

Olympic medal hope Sanita Puspure has warned that unless the Government gives athletes special dispensation to return to training facilities then hopes of Tokyo glory will be lost and some Irish competitors could retire.

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Calls to ease coronavirus travel restrictions on elite sportspeople

Rowing Ireland chiefs have backed calls for an easing of restrictions on the movement of elite sportspeople.

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The CEO Series: Sarah Keane - 'Sport is part of our DNA. We must support sport so it doesn’t go under'

Crisis Managers: In the first of a new series with the leaders of Ireland's sporting organisations, Sarah Keane, CEO of Swim Ireland and president of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, outlines the unique challenges facing aquatic sport.

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Olympics dream on hold: Triathlete Dr Carolyn Hayes on switching her focus from Tokyo to the virus crisis

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Government pledges 'vital supports' to help sport in Ireland survive pandemic

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Irish sporting chiefs meet Minister over coronavirus impact

Mission changes but stays the same as Team Ireland chief turns thoughts to 2021

Patricia Heberle has embraced the changes, enforced though they were.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2020

'A mixed bag of emotions' as rocky road to Tokyo extended until 2021

The pinned tweet at the head of Natalya Coyle’s Twitter feed dates back to August of last year.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

Irish Olympic chiefs welcome decision to postpone Tokyo Games

“This decision, while totally appropriate, will impact on sport and our athletes in different ways, there will be mixed emotions.”

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

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Olympics to be postponed until 2021, IOC confirms

The Games will not now take place in 2020, but will happen no later than the summer of 2021.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

Irish chiefs toe IOC line but Games set for delay

Irish Olympic chiefs have opted against pulling their athletes from the Olympics, should it proceed as planned, but there was a resigned acceptance in their utterances yesterday that a Games due to take place in Japan’s searing summer heat will be placed in cold storage.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

Nissan ‘Road to Rio’ film series puts Rob Heffernan’s Olympic dream into the spotlight

Heffernan hits out at ‘ridiculous’ dithering

Rob Heffernan has slammed the International Olympic Committee for delaying its decision about a possible postponement of the Tokyo Games, branding the IOC’s dithering as “ridiculous”.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2020

Irish Olympic chiefs toe the line for now but will do what is best for 'our' athletes

Canada and Australia have already pulled out of this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo but their Irish counterparts, while all but accepting that a postponement is inevitable, have refrained from the nuclear option for now.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2020

Choppy waters ahead as Liam Jegou trains for Olympics

Before we talk about a sport that’s like juggling mercury, and the nomadic lifestyle of living in a converted Hi Ace van on Europe’s riverbanks that goes with it, we need to talk first about the accent.

Wed, 04 Mar, 2020

RTÉ still on course to make 20% women’s sport target

RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes has restated the broadcaster’s commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent of sports output in 2020 being devoted to coverage of Women’s sport.

Thu, 14 Nov, 2019

'A Dub and one of our own': Friends and family bid Gay Byrne goodbye

The popular broadcaster passed away last Monday at the age of 85.

Fri, 08 Nov, 2019

How Joe Schmidt’s team became guinea pigs for Olympic experience

Hideyuki Harada has been mayor of Fukuroi for 19 years. Six times he has been elected to his post. This is a man who knows a thing or two about how to handle people and he is charm personified as a dozen or so Irish journalists join him at city hall the day before Japan and Ireland meet in their World Cup Pool A encounter ten minutes down the road.

Sat, 28 Sep, 2019

Irish athletes return with medal haul from European Games

Team Ireland are back in Dublin, after picking up seven medals at successful European Games in Minsk.

Mon, 01 Jul, 2019

Irish Olympic boss hopeful that IOC will conclude Hickey investigation before Tokyo 2020

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) is hopeful that the International Olympic Council's (IOC) investigation into Pat Hickey and the Rio 2016 ticketing scandal will be completed before the Tokyo Games in 2020.

Thu, 13 Jun, 2019

Sarah Keane surprised by Hickey invitation to attend European Games

Olympic Federation of Ireland President Sarah Keane is “surprised” Pat Hickey received an invitation to attend next month’s European Games in Belarus.

Sat, 08 Jun, 2019

Harbison predicts bright future

Following a successful 2018, Sport Ireland Institute Director Liam Harbison believes a bright future lies ahead for the next generation of high performance athletes.

Wed, 01 May, 2019

Indeed announces 600 new jobs for Dublin

Recruitment company Indeed has announced it will be creating 600 new jobs for Dublin over the next five years.

Wed, 24 Apr, 2019

Treacy: FAI can follow Olympic path

John Treacy believes there is no reason why the FAI can not mirror the example set by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) in cleaning house and transforming into a beacon of good sporting governance in the next two years.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2019

Quinn: Board exit not enough for FAI

Ex-Ireland international Niall Quinn has insisted the complete removal of the FAI board is “not a silver bullet” and that more changes are needed before the soccer body is fully reformed.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2019

FAI need not look far for a template of change

What a difference a day made this week.

Fri, 12 Apr, 2019

Cantwell hoping to banish age of resistance and ‘locked doors’ to the past

Ireland rugby Grand Slam winner Lynne Cantwell has been appointed to lead a major new drive to break down the barriers to women in sport.

Fri, 08 Mar, 2019

The challenges and comforts of Claire Lambe’s second life

Generations of professional athletes have struggled with the transition from a life in lycra or gaudy nylon to civvies, but a glance at Claire Lambe’s diary would suggest that the former Olympic rower has negotiated it with ease.

Tue, 05 Mar, 2019

Patricia Heberle has a bright vision for Irish athletes

“A straight-talking Aussie with a big heart” – that’s how the Irish team’s Chef de Mission for the Tokyo Olympics was described yesterday by Peter Sherrard, CEO of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).

Wed, 12 Dec, 2018