This second webinar in the Disability & Inclusion Awareness series will be delivered by Colin Patton (Active Connections & Cara Tutor) and will include a panel discussion with Angelina Foley (Special Olympics Coach), Oisín Feery (Special Olympics Kayaking Medallist and Ambassador) and Sharron Feery (Women’s Paddling Ambassador and Special Olympics Coach). This webinar aims [...]
Sport Ireland will be facilitating a mandatory safeguarding audit of clubs in collaboration with sport NGBs. This audit will be used to develop support systems where required for clubs so that best practice is assured across all sports. We would like to invite the person in charge of safeguarding for your club and your [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to invite clubs to apply for a small grant to support females in your club with progressing their skills once clubs return to activity on the water. Please read the following information before applying. The aim of the 'Bridge the Gap Paddle to Progress' programmes are to: Regroup female club [...]
Canoeing Ireland has an exciting opportunity for a communications intern to join our media team for the European Canoe Slalom Championships, gaining fantastic experience in sports media and communications. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed worker to take up wide ranging communications tasks under the current communications lead. The placement will take [...]
The 2021 Irish Canoe Slalom Team has been confirmed ahead of the Senior European Championships in Ivrea, Italy (6th-9th May). This event will also act as the European continental Olympic Qualifier, with spots up for grabs in the K1 Men, K1 Women and C1 Women. Ireland will be fielding an extremely strong team, with [...]
The Olympic Federation of Ireland in association with FBD Insurance has launched their new Olympic Schools Challenge, ‘Road to Tokyo’. The challenge is part of the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s ‘Dare to Believe’ schools programme and sees Team Ireland calling on schools and families across the country to join them on an interactive journey from [...]
From April 19th we will be seeing some changes to the current Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions which should allow for a gradual increase in the level of paddling activity permitted. Depending on the impact to transmission rates which this easing results in, there will be a further easing of restrictions on the 26th of April, [...]
Canoeing Ireland is looking for enthusiastic and committed Instructors to join a panel of part-time /casual staff at its Training Centre on the Strawberry Beds, Chapelizod. Subject to current Covid 19 guidelines the Training Centre plans to offer a variety of courses from summer paddle camps for young people along with courses and sessions [...]
