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Participation in
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Feature
The Irish are passionate about sport. 1.2 million adults actively
participate in sport, with a further 700,000 young people aged
between 5 and 19 also regular participants. It is estimated that
285,000 people volunteer in Irish Sport every single week. In
addition, 17% of the population regularly attend live sporting
events whilst 46% of the population have attended at least one
sporting event in the last year. On top of this some 486,000 people
have recently signed up to a Facebook petition calling on FIFA to
allow a replay of the now infamous Ireland v France World Cup
Qualifier.
The “hand” of Henry besides, Irish Sport has thrived in recent
years. Much of this is attributable to increased government
investment in sport which only began in earnest in the late 1990s.
1996 saw the appointment of the first ever Minister for Sport
whilst, the Irish Sports Council (
www.irishsportscouncil.ie
)
was formally established in 1999.
The regulatory framework within which sport operates in Ireland
is multi-layered. The Department of Arts, Sport & Tourism
(
www.dast.gov.ie
) which, is the central government
department with responsibility for sport remains responsible for
the formulation and evaluation of sports policy, oversight of major
capital infrastructure to include the redevelopment of Lansdowne
Road and the administration of the Sports Capital & Local Authority
Swimming Pool Programmes. Both of these Programmes provide
grant aid to assist in the re-development and/or construction of
sport facilities.
Sarah O’Connor is the Chief Executive of the Federation of Irish Sports. Prior
to joining the Federation, Sarah trained and worked as a solicitor with Arthur
Cox, one of Ireland’s leading commercial law firms. Sarah studied law at
Trinity College Dublin before undertaking a Masters in Law at the University
of Cambridge. Sarah also completed an MBA in Sports Management from
the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid Spain in March 2009.
Passionate about all sport, Sarah played hockey for Leinster and Irish
Universities and remains involved with her local hockey club in Dublin.
Financial crisis may impact
the rise of Irish sport
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The Irish Sports Council has two principal objectives namely,
increasing the number of people involved in physical activity
and sport and to ensure Ireland’s performances in international
elite sport improve. As part of this role, the Irish Sports Council
remains the principle funding agency for the 60 plus national
governing bodies of sport (“NGBs”) and the 33 Local Sports
Partnerships. It is also responsible for conducting research into
sport, administering the anti-doping regulatory regime and the
international carding scheme under which elite athletes can apply
for financial and sport science support.
The Irish Sports Council has also established two subsidiary
agencies namely, Coaching Ireland (formerly the National Training
and Coaching Centre) (
www.coachingireland.com
) and the
Irish Institute of Sport. Coaching Ireland’s remit is to develop
coaching on the island of Ireland. The Institute of Sport’s overall
purpose is to create an environment which influences, supports
and ensures that talented Irish athletes will achieve sustained
levels of excellence in elite sport. This is done primarily through
the delivery of sport science and medicine support to NGBs and
athletes as well as developing elite coach education and athlete
career and performance lifestyle support.
The Irish Sporting landscape, while diverse, perhaps differs from
other major European countries in that in Ireland the principle
sports are in fact the indigenous games of gaelic football, hurling
and camogie. There are in excess of 2,610 Gaelic clubs dotted
around the island of Ireland.
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