Dormant Accounts Funding of €4.17m announced by Ministers and Sport Ireland for sports and community initiatives for 2025 More than €4m in Dormant Accounts Funding is to be invested in community sports and physical activity initiatives, the Department of Culture, Communications, and Sport and Sport Ireland are pleased to announce. Minister for Culture, Communications and…
The leading Irish Padel company, Padel 100 is delighted to announce that it has secured a €5m investment to launch an ambitious national network of 100 state-of-the-art padel courts across Ireland. This major development is being delivered in partnership with Acenta Group, a dynamic infrastructure and investment firm that recently celebrated its successful launch on the Nasdaq…
Three students from Munster Technological University are flying the flag for Ireland at the World Rowing Championships. Sophia Monahan, Áine O’Mahony and Finn O’Reilly are each competing at this year’s Championships in St. Catharine’s, Canada. The event brings the world’s best rowers together to compete on a 2000-metre course. Sophia, a chemical and process…
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne TD today welcome home the 133 athletes who competed for Ireland in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The 64 women and 69 men competed across 14 sports, winning 7 Medals,…
For forty-five years, Munster Technological University’s Athletics Track has given athletes from Cork and beyond a place to call home. Over these four and a half decades, the sports complex has undergone many makeovers. Recently, following a period of renovation, the transformed track was reopened, once again providing a vital sports facility in the South…
Cork City FC says fans travelling back from the All-Ireland on Monday could use the opportunity to join them at the K-Club where they will be hosting the second of this year’s Corporate Golf Days. The business community is getting a chance to play on the Co Kildare course which previously hosted world-class players…
Volvo Cork Week, taking place at Royal Cork Yacht Club this week (July 15th to 19th) is committed to making the world-renowned regatta a green event by taking significant steps to conserve the ocean habitat of Cork Harbour. Organisers are striving to achieve the gold standard ‘Clean Regatta’ certification from Sailors for the Sea, the world’s leading…
A group of teenagers who are part of the Cork City FC Academy are preparing to take part in this weekend’s Cork City Marathon. The eight players, who are between 15 and 17 years old, are running in the 10k Youth Challenge on Sunday. The Youth Challenge is designed to give young people a chance…
Munster Technological University, 8th May 2024: Clearstream, one of Deutsche Börse Group’s branches in Cork, has been announced as a sponsor for MTU’s Cork Campus Student GAA Club as part of a strategic partnership that also sees two new scholarships for the University’s student-athletes announced. Clearstream is the leading global post-trading services provider and part…
As we head towards ‘Bealtaine’ the month of celebrating arts and culture as we age, why not visit the fascinating GAA Museum with a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic stadium, or experience an all-time high on the Kellogg’s Skyline Tour! The GAA Museum at Croke Park is inviting senior citizens and active retirement groups to…