With our Canoe Slalom Team finished up at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games they now join the rich history of Irish paddlers at the Olympic Games. Noel Hendrick, Madison Corcoran and Michaela Corcoran are all new additions to our list of Olympians, with Liam Jegou already present after his first Games in Tokyo 2020. [...]
Ireland's Olympic journey in Canoe Slalom came to an end on Sunday in the Heats of the Kayak Cross. This exciting new event was on the Olympic schedule for the first time in Paris and saw some early success for Ireland. Liam Jegou, Noel Hendrick and Madison Corcoran all successfully qualified from the first [...]
As part of the Sport Ireland HER Outdoors Week (12th-18th August), we are again inviting our female members to take part in ‘HER Paddle Journey’. HER Paddle Journey aims to record all the paddling activity happening during HER Outdoors Week to see how much distance we can cover as a community. This year, we have [...]
Canoeing Ireland are excited to announce TOBIN as the sponsor of our PaddleAble ambassador video series. This video series has been promoting the visibility of people of all abilities taking part in paddle sports and inspiring others to do so too. A company with a strong focus on ESG and community, TOBIN are the [...]
We are very proud of our four Olympic Canoe Slalom athletes who are representing Ireland at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and inspiring us with their skill, resilience and determination.Liam Jegou agonisingly missed out on a silver medal when he hit the final of 23 gates on the course. He was given a two-second penalty, [...]
To help our clubs and community create a culture of safety that promotes the welfare of children and young people engaged in sporting activities Sport Ireland have a great range of resources around Safeguarding essentials. This guidance is for the benefit for everyone involved in children and young people’s sport. Get the details of the [...]
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the canoe slalom athletes who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. In what will be the biggest team since 1996, Ireland will be entering an athlete in all four boat allocations available and are entering a fully gender balanced team in [...]
Water Safety Awareness Week aims to raise awareness around simple steps we can all take to be safer around the water. During the week we will be sharing some tips and messages around safety essentials, and the easy ways we can keep our sport safe and enjoyable for absolutely everyone. Paddle sports are open [...]
By Éidín DowlingThe Irish Freestyle Kayaking Team had remarkable success at the recent ICF World Cups in Plattling, Germany. With 2 World Cups taking place back-to-back to crown an overall champion in each category. 16 paddlers flew over with paddlers taking part in 8 classes. Day 1 of World Cup 1 kicked off on 26 [...]
Community Paddlers is our new programme in the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) department. This programme a solidarity-through-sport initiative which uses paddle sports to bring together asylum seekers, refugees and those in wider Irish society. The intention of this program is to create opportunities for those living in direct provision centres to partake in a new activity [...]
