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2026 Irish Sport Industry Awards Celebrate Leadership, Partnership and Purpose
Full List: 2026 Federation of Irish Sport Industry Award Winners Revealed Sport as Soft Power Takes Centre Stage at Federation of Irish Sport Industry Awards Federation of Irish Sport Honours Best-in-Class Championing Innovation, Inclusion and Sustainability The...
A look at our finalists in the Disability category The introduction of the The Best initiative to promote Disability in Sport and Physical activity category at the Irish Sport Industry Awards marks an important milestone in recognising the organisations driving...
Circular Economy and Sustainable Sport Are Interlinked in the Future of Irish Sport
At last year’s Irish Sports Industry Awards, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Small Businesses and Retail and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special...
BusinessPlus.ie Teams Up with Federation of Irish Sport to Celebrate Business Success
The Federation of Irish Sport is pleased to announce BusinessPlus.ie as the official sponsor of both the Best New Sports Business of the Year Award and the Best Existing Sports Business of the Year Award at the Irish Sport Industry Awards, taking place next week in...
EVOKE.ie Partners with Federation of Irish Sport to Champion Women in Sport and Physical Activity
The Federation of Irish Sport is pleased to announce EVOKE.ie as the official sponsor of the Best Initiative to Promote Women in Sport and Physical Activity Award at the Irish Sport Industry Awards, taking place next week in Dublin. Now in its ninth year, the Irish...
Celebrating Excellence in Irish Sport: Finalists Unveiled for the 2026 Irish Sport Industry Awards
The Federation of Irish Sport is thrilled to announce the shortlist of finalists for the much-anticipated 2026 Irish Sport Industry Awards. Set to take place on Tuesday, 19th May at the prestigious College Green Hotel in Dublin, this event promises to be an...
Federation of Irish Sport Announces Renewal of KPMG Sponsorship for Women in Sport Award
Federation of Irish Sport Announces Renewal of KPMG Sponsorship for Women in Sport Award 1st April 2026; The Federation of Irish Sport is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with KPMG as the official sponsor of the Women in Sport Award at the Irish...
From Award Win to Record Breaking Growth: ClubSpot’s Story
From Award Win to Record Breaking Growth: ClubSpot’s Story They claimed Best Sports Business of the Year 2025 and turned that win into a year of record breaking success. When ClubSpot was named Best Sports Business of the Year at the Irish Sport Industry Awards, it...
Entry Deadline Extension!
We are please to announce that due to extra demand we will are extending the closing date of entries until Wednesday 8th April at 5:00pm
Federation of Irish Sport Launch 2026 Irish Sport Industry Awards, including 2 new categories
The Federation of Irish Sport today proudly launched the 2026 Irish Sport Industry Awards. The awards will take place in Dublin on Tuesday 19th May and be hosted by broadcaster and journalist Sean O’Rourke. This will be the nineth staging of the awards which...
2024 News
“I think it’s the breath of what we do. Canoeing is a huge sport and it’s getting bigger in Ireland.”
Canoeing Ireland CEO is a truly accomplished and respected woman in Irish Sport. Following a successful period working in operations with Athletics Ireland, she was appointed as chief executive of Canoeing Ireland in 2018. Alongside her primary role, leading the...
Federation Welcomes Support from Government at Irish Sport Industry Awards
At the 2024 Irish Sport Industry Awards, Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath TD delivered the keynote address to the award nominees, invited guests, members of the Federation of Irish Sport and leaders from across the Irish sports sector. During his speech, he...
“Our programme is all about bringing the Olympics to the classroom and to the community.”
Pictured above are: Arguably, the Olympic Games is the most captivating competition in World sport. The 2020 games in Tokyo reached a global audience of over 3 billion people. And some of Ireland’s most memorable and iconic sporting achievements have unfolded on...
“Field of vision was started during the Covid lockdown when my co-founder Omar saw a viral video of a fan bringing his blind friend to a football game and tracing the position of the ball on his hand.”
Field of Vision is an innovative sports technology company, founded by Tim Farrelly, David Deneher and Omar Salem. The team is guided by sports industry veteran Tom Sears. In 2022, Field of Vision was among Time Magazine’s Best Inventions and their partners include...
Emma Meehan: “I am absolutely thrilled to bits. I really didn’t expect to be here and it’s a massive honor to be recognised.”
Emma Meehan is the founder of Galway based start – up Precision Sports Technology, which was the Best New Sports Business of the Year Award winner at the 2024 Irish Sport Industry Awards. Meehan describes herself as being obsessed with movement and dedicated to...
Sarah Keane: “This is an Irish team that will go to compete, not just participate at these Olympic Games.”
There are few men or women who have dedicated their lives to Irish sport, who command the respect, admiration and authority of Sarah Keane. Before being appointed as the first CEO of Swim Ireland in 2004, Keane qualified as a solicitor and worked with leading Irish...
2024 Irish Sport Industry Awards Reward Excellence in Sport
Pictured above; Mary O'Connor FIS CEO, Minister for Finance Michael McGrath TD, Dr. Una May CEO Sport Ireland The Federation of Irish Sport celebrated the 7th annual Irish Sport Industry Awards which recognise the important economic role Sport plays to the Irish...
Sport Is Big Business In Ireland – Federation Of Sport For Ireland CEO Mary O’Connor
On May 25th 2024, Business Plus Magazine published a feature interview with Federation of Irish Sport CEO Mary O'Connor. Sport in Ireland is big business, in fact the sports economy outgrew the Irish economy over a decade according to a Sports Ireland report...
Category Spotlight: 2023 Best New Sports Business of the Year
Output Sports is a fabulous Irish success story. In 2018, the company was founded by Dr. Martin O’Reilly, Dr. Darragh Whelan and Julian Eberle, because of their deep running passion for sport and their desire to drive sports technology innovation. Output Sports...
Breaking News! Category Shortlists Announced for the 2024 Irish Sport Industry Awards
The Federation of Irish Sport is pleased to announce the shortlist of nominees for the 2024 Irish Sport Industry Awards, which will take place at Dublin’s College Green Hotel on Tuesday 28th May, with keynote speaker Minister for Finance Michael McGrath TD. The 11...
2023 News and previous years
Highlights of the Irish Sport Industry Awards Ceremony 2023
In May, we celebrated the 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards, in association with our sponsors Financial Broker. Up to 200 guests gathered in the prestigious Banking Hall of the Westin Hotel, in anticipation of the award winners being revealed across 11 different...
GALLERY: 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards
The winners of the 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards, hosted by the Federation of Irish Sport in association with Financial Broker, were announced at an awards ceremony at Dublin’s Westin Hotel on Thursday, 25th May. ...
Winners Announced for the 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards, in association with Financial Broker
The winners of the 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards, hosted by the Federation of Irish Sport in association with Financial Broker, were announced at an awards ceremony at Dublin’s Westin Hotel on Thursday, 25th May. Deputy Niamh Smyth TD, Chair of the Oireachtas...
Congratulations to Everyone Shortlisted!
The Judging Panel had almost 100 entries to review and deliberate on. There were so many fantastic submissions, but the shortlist is in! The Federation of Irish Sport has today announced the shortlist of nominees for 8 categories of the Irish Sport Industry Awards,...
2022 Winners Review! NGB & LSP of the Year
The Federation of Irish Sport is a representative body comprising of 110 members including 81 National Governing Bodies and the national network of 29 Local Sports Partnerships. We are proud to promote and celebrate the work done by our members in the growth of...
Category Spotlight! 2022 Awards in Review and the nominees were…
As we continue to spotlight categories open to enter, today we’re reviewing two highly popular categories, testament to the ever-increasing amount of initiatives being activated in this space. They are Best Initiative to Promote Women in Sport & Physical...
Judges Announced!
Later this week entries will close for the 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards, in association with Financial Broker. It's time to meet the panel of judges who will have the unenviable task of shortlisting the entries and deciding the overall winners! First up Chair...
Entry deadline extended!
We are delighted to have received lots of entries coming in so far for the Irish Sport Industry Awards, in association with Financial Broker. We're extending the deadline to this coming Friday 5th at 2pm to allow a little extra time to make your submission! Have...
New Award Category Announced!
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce a brand-new category for Women in Business in Sport in partnership with KPMG is now open for nomination for the Irish Sport Industry Awards, in association with Financial Broker. This new award is to recognise...
A Look Back at the 2022 Award Winners
We’re highlighting the different categories of the Irish Sport Industry Awards that are open for submissions by reviewing some of the fantastic entries from the 2022 Awards. First up Best Sports Sponsorship and Best Use of Communications platform in Sport. In the...
About the Federation of Irish Sport
Established in 2002, the Federation of Irish Sport is the representative organisation for the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) in Ireland. The Federation’s membership consists of over 110 NGBs and LSPs from every corner of the country, including the GAA, FAI, IRFU, Swim Ireland and Athletics Ireland. Currently, the Federation’s membership comprises 81 NGBs and 29 LSPs, representing over 12,000 sports clubs nationwide.
The role of the Federation is to speak on behalf of its members and represent their views to the public, while also providing them with a range of services. As governing bodies, the members’ priorities lie with their sport. Therefore, the job of the Federation is to communicate their views regarding the benefits of sport in areas such as personal health/wellbeing, the economy and society as a whole.