Ireland will be moving to Level 5 restrictions for living with COVID-19 as of midnight on Wednesday 21st of October. While this means more stringent restrictions for living with the virus there are several updates to the government guidelines to allow for some sporting activities to continue. These restricts have only come into place due [...]
Check out our interview with Liam Jegou, Jake Cochrane and Robert Hendrick, the C1 Men Slalom team who took home a historic silver medal in the team event at the recent European Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. Great stories from the race and the podium, as well as catching up about the rest of [...]
With the entire country now being placed on Level 3 of the Living with COVID plan, we would like to refresh our members on the associated paddling guidelines. This move to Level 3 will have an impact on the kinds of paddling activity which can be undertaken in a safe manner so we hope our [...]
After the recent slalom action Canoe Sprint, too, made a very welcome return to international competition. With the season kicking off with a World Cup race in Szeged, Hungary, from the 25th-27th of September. Team Ireland had only one competitor attending, Barry Watkins, who was racing the in the K1 500m and 1000m. While [...]
The European Canoe Slalom Championships (18th-20th September) saw a very welcome return to international competition for us and our athletes. Held in Prague, Czech Republic, these Championships were a replacement for the original Euros, scheduled to take place in London in May 2020. A strong team of athletes was in attendance from Ireland, consisting [...]
We at Canoeing Ireland are extremely pleased to release our 2019 Annual Report. This report covers the excellent year of events, competitions, and performance results we have had. From the 60th Anniversary race of the Liffey Descent to qualifying 2 boats for the Tokyo Olympic Games, it has been a fantastic year. From an operational [...]
Ireland is moving form a short term emergency response to COVID-19 to a medium term framework for living with the virus, while returning to economic and social activity. These new measure are designed to minimize the risk to the public from the virusm, while beginning to repair some of the damage done to society. [...]
We are delighted to have been included in the list of recipients of a €7.3 million package of investment for various sport and physical activity programmes across the country. Canoeing Ireland was awarded a total €84,235 to enable us to run programmes to engage with disadvantaged communities and those with disabilities across 4 areas - [...]
Sport Ireland has published its new Policy on Sport and Physical Activity in the Outdoor, with a vision to create opportunities for everyone to participate in and enjoy sport and physical activity in the outdoors. The policy was officially launched by Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Catherine Martin TD, and [...]
The Federation of Irish Sport, as the representative body for the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs), Local sports Partnerships (LSPs), and other sporting bodies such as the Olympic Federation of Ireland, Paralympics Ireland, CARA and Ireland Active, has released a pre budget document detailing the need for further investment in sport from the [...]
