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 [...]
The Irish C1 Men Team today took a silver medal in the team race, behind the Slovenian Team the newly crowned European Champions. The 3 man team of Liam Jegou, Jake Cochrane and Robert Hendrick put together a very solid run to take Irelands first team medal in a long time, doing so on what [...]
For European Week of Sport (23rd-30th September), Canoeing Ireland in collaboration with Sport Ireland aims to promote sport and physical activity through paddle sports in counties all across Ireland. There are a variety of paddling activities happening throughout the full European Week of Sport. One of these activities is the #BEACTIVE PADDLE DAY on [...]
In the interest of the safety and welfare of participants and volunteers Canoeing Ireland have made the difficult decision to cancel the 61st Liffey Descent. We would like to thank everyone involved in the race for their continued support, and hope our participants understand the reasons behind this decision. The race will return in September [...]
