#Women’s Sport

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Elaine-Loughlin
Elaine Loughlin: How Alan Kelly is using his committee role to rebuild his political profile
Matt Brown 8/8/2026
'They've got two nights to put the hand up': Munster women's fly-half role up for grabs
Ireland centre Enya Breen was handed the number 10 jersey for Munster’s opening 39-19 victory over Leinster last Saturday but limped off in the second half with an ankle injury.

Tue, 11 Aug, 2026

Lynne Cantwell 1/7/2025
Lynne Cantwell confident AIL review will strengthen league's long-term future
The review outlined a plan to strengthen player retention through junior to senior age grades and grow the domestic game across all four provinces, while keeping the AIL at the centre of the high-performance pathway

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Larissa Alves Carvalho comes up against Aphiwe Ngwevu 24/8/2025
Brendan O'Brien: Magic moments can't mask minnows' struggles at Women's Rugby World Cup
The average winning margin so far stands at 47.6 points. It’s a small sample size, but still an awful look for an event expanded from 12 teams to 16 for the first time.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025

Many women playing camogie and Gaelic football 'suffer in silence' with pelvic floor issues
Many women playing camogie and Gaelic football 'suffer in silence' with pelvic floor issues
Two thirds of the club and intercounty players surveyed reported urogenital pain, while almost half regularly have an urgent need to urinate

Fri, 08 Aug, 2025

Waterford v Dundalk - SSE Airtricity League Premier Division
FAI to address female players’ abuse claims on Monday
Six former players were interviewed on camera for Sunday's 'RTÉ Investigates' programme, with a further two filmed using pseudonyms

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

Waterford v Donegal - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Round 3
Funding for Women in Sport programme increases to €4m
€2m will be split between 45 national governing bodies while €1m has been ringfenced for football, Gaelic games and rugby.

Wed, 26 Jun, 2024

Scott Bemand 19/3/2024
Scott Bemand hails Declan Danaher's role with the Ireland women’s rugby team
"I would have played against him a good few times, a gnarly back-row! Just the kind of person that was ideal to bring in,” Bemand remarked.

Wed, 20 Mar, 2024

Dorothy Wall 18/3/2024
Dorothy Wall confident Ireland women have turned corner ahead of Six Nations
“When you're playing England it's 'right, who is going to die for me here beside me, whose going to go for it today'. And that's what you need when you play these teams."

Tue, 19 Mar, 2024

One man in protective suit disinfecting office work space
Letters to the Editor: Traumas from lockdown still linger
Regarding the forthcoming : I lost my beautiful mom in March 2020. She was admitted to hospital with non-covid symptoms and her family were not allowed see her. She never got , but cancer took her from us.

Thu, 01 Feb, 2024

2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Day Six
Sarah Harte: Gymnastics snub of black child a chance to evaluate Irish racism
Over the last fortnight, a video has been circulating of a young girl ignored by a judge distributing medals. She was the only black gymnast in the lineup.

Wed, 04 Oct, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Overdue safety initiative
Irish Examiner view: Overdue safety initiative
Challenge of reducing road deaths

Wed, 30 Aug, 2023

Sarah Harte: Will this be the kiss of death for sexism on and off the football pitch?
Sarah Harte: Will this be the kiss of death for sexism on and off the football pitch?
LAST Sunday morning, watching Luis Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, kiss Spanish midfielder Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the post-match FIFA Women’s World Cup celebrations, I blinked and concluded ...

Wed, 23 Aug, 2023

'You have inspired so many' — Raucous rebel reception for All-Ireland camogie champions
'You have inspired so many' — Raucous rebel reception for All-Ireland camogie champions
Amy O’Connor and her teammates received a proper Cork welcome from the moment their train pulled into Kent station

Mon, 07 Aug, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Another message for us to heed 
Irish Examiner view: Another message for us to heed 
the Gulf Stream and its beneficial effects on Ireland and the rest of Northern Europe could effectively collapse as soon as 2025

Thu, 27 Jul, 2023

Irish in Toronto talk up chances ahead of World Cup clash with 'cocky' Canada
Irish in Toronto talk up chances ahead of World Cup clash with 'cocky' Canada
This week, the Irish Examiner spoke to Irish expats living in Toronto about the buzz surrounding the game and the craic with the Canadians 

Tue, 25 Jul, 2023

Republic of Ireland Stadium Familiarisation - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
'We want to do the nation proud' Girls in green blown away by support ahead of World Cup kick-off
Women's World Cup hits fever pitch as ticket sales for Ireland's debut match has outstripped demand for tickets to the final

Wed, 19 Jul, 2023

Watch: Irish fans on Coogee Beach cheer on girls in green ahead of World Cup opener
Watch: Irish fans on Coogee Beach cheer on girls in green ahead of World Cup opener
Viral video shows hundreds of Irish people forming a huge human #COYGIG message on the popular beach outside Sydney

Wed, 19 Jul, 2023

Soccer - Barclays Under 21 Premier League - Liverpool v Southampton - Liverpool Academy
Groups call for a 'joined-up' approach to promoting better inclusion in sport
Oireachtas committee hears from groups representing people marginalised due to attitudes to race, gender, or disability

Wed, 21 Jun, 2023

Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give - Final Round
Irish Examiner view: Rory falls short
Major step forward for Leona

Tue, 20 Jun, 2023

MyEU50 Competition Launch
Sports funding will be tied to equal access for women, minister warns 
'You better believe it, absolutely': Thomas Byrne also commits to 'significant' cut if board-level gender equality targets are not met

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

Republic of Ireland v Georgia - Women's FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Group A - Tallaght Stadium
Irish Examiner view: Saudi overtures need explaining
There are some announcements that are so incongruous and unlikely that the only appropriate response is: “You’re having a laugh, surely?”Into that category must be placed the suggestion that Saudi Arabia is to become a major sponsor of football’s ...

Sat, 04 Feb, 2023

Conservative leadership bid
S Fergus Finlay: We used to produce political giants — look at what's running the world now
It’s not too late for social democracy — but it needs to wake up

Tue, 25 Oct, 2022

Joanne O'Riordan: The nation needs to get behind its female athletes
Joanne O'Riordan: The nation needs to get behind its female athletes
Joanne O’Riordan wants to challenge the status quo in women’s sports, writes Mary Cate Smith

Sat, 22 Oct, 2022

Scotland v Republic of Ireland - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 - UEFA Qualifier - Play-offs - Hampden Park
Irish Examiner view: Song sung blues
Dublin airport chant

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

Letters to the Editor: An Ireland for all ... who use billpay for electricity
Letters to the Editor: An Ireland for all ... who use billpay for electricity
It is very difficult indeed to reconcile Fianna Fáil’s latest manifesto, ‘An Ireland For All’, with the Taoiseach’s refusal to give assurances when pressed that those with a prepay electricity meter will also be covered by the proposed moratorium on ...

Sat, 15 Oct, 2022

Scotland v Republic of Ireland - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Play-off
Irish Examiner View: Hail Vera Pauw’s World Cup history-makers
The Republic of Ireland Women's team can look forward to packing their bags for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2022

Women in sports
Irish Examiner view: Sporting chance for trans’ rights
It is of no surprise that new rules, here in Ireland and overseas, affecting the participation rights of trans women in rugby should be subject to legal challenge.

Mon, 05 Sep, 2022

Alison O'Connor: We can be trans-inclusive without undermining women’s rights
Alison O'Connor: We can be trans-inclusive without undermining women’s rights
"We must respect people's identity. A trans woman is a woman. A trans man is a man," says Labour Party leader and chair of the gender committee Ivana Bacik

Fri, 02 Sep, 2022

Gleitze Swims Straits
Clodagh Finn: Here’s to a wild swimming pioneer and women braving the waves
Open-sea swimming is an expression of solidarity and empowerment, writes Clodagh Finn

Wed, 31 Aug, 2022

Serena Williams file photo
Serena Williams’s retirement is no fairytale — it’s a heartbreaking choice between family and career
The tennis great’s decision is a stark reminder that even in 2022, women’s time is still not our own, writes Megan Maurice

Wed, 10 Aug, 2022

England v Germany - UEFA Women's Euro 2022 - Final - Wembley Stadium
Seven police probes launched into abusive online content during Euro 2022
Uefa has confirmed that seven police investigations into abusive online content across Euro 2022 are now open. All of the data from 's dedicated reporting platform, launched at the start of the competition, was shared with English authorities.

Wed, 03 Aug, 2022

England v Ireland - Tik Tok Women's Six Nations Rugby Championship
Irish Examiner view: An overdue boost for women's sport
Ireland is the last of the Six Nations Rugby countries to offer professional contracts to its female players

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Jane Goodall doll
Clodagh Finn: Is Barbie now a feminist icon?
Mattel has launched a doll celebrating the life of renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall — it's a positive step, so let's not put Barbie back in her box

Wed, 27 Jul, 2022

Cork volleyball club rallies round new arrival from Ukraine and discovers 'a star in the making'
Cork volleyball club rallies round new arrival from Ukraine and discovers 'a star in the making'
Net Force is one of the clubs taking part in Volleyball Ireland's effort to reach out to people fleeing war-torn Ukraine

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Liverpool captain Niamh Fahey: I look forward to never running a marathon
Liverpool captain Niamh Fahey: I look forward to never running a marathon
This Much I Know: 'With all the winning teams I've been a part of, I think the thing Dad is most proud of is me getting a good education and going to college'

Sat, 26 Feb, 2022

Donegal GAA star joins US women's soccer set up in sport scientist role
Donegal GAA star joins US women's soccer set up in sport scientist role
Kate Keaney has left her role as the Ireland women’s team sport scientist to take up a similar role for world champions USA.

Thu, 10 Feb, 2022

Galway County Camogie Board Announce Westerwood Global as New Sponsors
Eimear Ryan: Sponsors getting in on ground floor of women's sport movement
Social media giant TikTok was unveiled as the first title sponsor for the Women’s Six Nations, rebranding the tournament as the TikTok Women’s Six Nations for at least the next four years. It’s a landmark moment for the women’s code

Wed, 09 Feb, 2022

Wexford Youths v Cork City - Women's National League
Kylie Murphy: Backing needed to keep next generation of female talent at home
Kylie Murphy was the inaugural Women's Personality of the Year winner voted by the soccer writers and broadcasters. The equivalent accolade in the men’s game was on the go for 62 years

Wed, 26 Jan, 2022

Republic of Ireland v Georgia - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Qualifier
Eimear Ryan: Can we continue Christine Grant’s pioneering work for women’s sport?
Can we make the same strides for women’s sports in the next 50 years as Christine Grant did in the last? It’s something to keep the mind occupied in the long winter evenings when everything is shut

Wed, 12 Jan, 2022

2020 Guinness Six Nations Launch - Tobacco Dock
Wales name first 12 women to receive pro rugby contracts
The 12-month deals, a first for the women's game in Wales, came into force this week.

Wed, 12 Jan, 2022

Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland - 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifier
John Fallon: Northern Ireland exposure leaves FAI in the shade again
Move to professionalism in crossborder women’s league should act as a jolt

Wed, 12 Jan, 2022

Niamh Leen 24/11/2019
Clanmaurice's Niamh Leen: ‘Our chain is getting shorter but our links are getting stronger’
Niamh Leen and Clanmaurice are no strangers at upsetting the odds

Sat, 08 Jan, 2022

Áine McKenna inspires Glanmire to Cork derby glory in National Cup semi
Áine McKenna inspires Glanmire to Cork derby glory in National Cup semi
Glanmire went into the game minus one American as their latest signing Jarlyn Duran decided to leave the country after Christmas due to suffering homesickness

Fri, 07 Jan, 2022

Watch Bríd Stack's emotional debut reveal: 'I’ve been crying since Alan gave me the nod'
Watch Bríd Stack's emotional debut reveal: 'I’ve been crying since Alan gave me the nod'
Stack fractured a bone in her neck in her first practice match in Australia is set for her competitive debut on Sunday

Fri, 07 Jan, 2022

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