Laochra Gael season 21 launched with 8 new GAA legends profiled
Eight legends who performed heroics on the field and who each have a unique and extraordinary story to tell. The definitive GAA sports series returns to TG4 this spring for a 21st series. The series hour-long format has proved a huge success, bringing each player’s personal stories to screen. The series features eight Laochra with genuine […]
Donncha O’Callaghan sends ‘Closing Date’ call to Tipperary Sports Clubs
Former Irish rugby international, Donncha O’Callaghan has issued a call to sports clubs in Tipperary reminding members not to overlook 31 January next, the closing date by which application for a €5,000 award under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative must be made. Noting the benefit to be gained by the award, the popular broadcaster […]
Sport Highlights on TG4 this week
TG4 feature two huge GAA club fixtures this weekend with the Ulster Football final and the Leinster Football final. Women’s sport also to the forefront with club football and AIL rugby finals. Monday 05/12/22 8:00pm GAA 2022 GAA Championship highlights. Hurling provincial finals from Munster, Leinster & Ulster. Gaelic Football provincial finals from Connacht & […]
Two Countries, Two Races, Two Trophies for Nicole Drought
Tipperary driver Nicole Drought had a busy time of it last weekend. She travelled to Anglesey in Wales to compete in the famous Race of Rembrance- an Endurance race for a variety of cars with multiple drivers . Rejoining the WRC Developments team, Nicole qualified fourth in class but once the seven hour race got […]
Runner-up finish for Tipperary’s Denis Lynch in Stuttgart World Cup
Tipperary’s Denis Lynch and the 13-year-old gelding Brooklyn Heights, owned by Molly Ohrstrom, finished in a share of second place in Sunday’s five-star Longines FEI World Cup Grand Prix at Stuttgart in Germany. The Stuttgart German Masters was hosting the fifth leg of the 2023/2023 Longines FEI World Cup in Western Europe and 13 of […]
Sport Highlights on TG4 this week
Wednesday 19/10/22 8:30pm Scéalta na gCorn Scéalta na gCorn finishes in the rebel county of Cork, All Ireland winners in football, hurling and camogie across the decades. A county steeped in history, Gráinne is keen to find out about some of the silverware that honour patriots such as John ‘Flyer’ Nyhan and his deep connection […]
Irish Sport Horse (ISH) Young Breeders crowned World Champions
The Irish Sport Horse Studbook Young Breeders team were crowned World Champions at the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses International Young Breeders World Championships in Ermelo, Holland July 7-9 2022. Teagasc have partnered with Horse Sport Ireland since 2005 to provide the ‘ISH Young Breeders’ training programme. Wendy Conlon Teagasc Equine Specialist manages the […]
How do Irish teams fund their staff and venues
The Irish football league is different in more than a few ways from some of its counterparts. Funding, for one thing, is often not as easy to access for some of these teams, for one reason or another. So, how do Irish teams fund and pay for all the things they need to function as […]
Major €80m Funding Boost for Sports to recover, grow and attract people nationwide
€73.6 million in COVID-19 related funding €5.3m for Sport Equipment Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and Minister of State for Sport and Gaeltacht Affairs, Jack Chambers T.D, together with Sport Ireland, have announced almost €80m for the sport sector under two separate support programmes. Some €73.6m […]
Sporting souvenirs and stories wanted for Europe’s biggest online sports collection
Do you have a sporting story or sports souvenir that you are proud of? Share it with EPIC to have it included in the Europeana Sport collection. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is inviting sports fans, aficionados, experts and collectors throughout Ireland and abroad to become part of the Europeana Sport collection, a major project […]
