The Government has been urged to give tax breaks to those who try to be physically active, to encourage people to stay healthy. A new lobby group, the Irish Physical Activity Alliance (IPAA), led by Darina Dunne wants a tax rebate for gym memberships to be included in Octobers budget. This will allow people with [...]
Weightlifting Ireland, in association with Clare Sports Partnership and Clare Local Development Company, will deliver a free six (6) week introduction programme to weightlifting. Weightlifting Ireland спільно з Clare Sports Partnership і Clare Local Development Company проведуть безкоштовний шеститижневий вступ до важкої атлетики. Venue: Lisdoonvarna Failte Dates: May, 31st / Friday / (6 Weeks) Time: [...]
The second edition of the International Testing Agency (ITA) free series of five webinars devoted to anti-doping education starts next week. Every Wednesday, from May 22nd to June 19th, all participants will be able to be briefed and discuss on several topics related to this important subject. For the weightlifting family, this initiative is part [...]
We are delighted to partner with Student Sport Ireland (SSI) for the 2024-25 Women’s Student Coaching Academy - offering learning opportunities on our Level 1 and Level 2 coaching course. 💜🏋🏻-The Women’s Student Coaching Academy is a collaborative programme between SSI, Sport Ireland, 22 third level institutions and 17 National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs). [...]
To finish, we'd like to celebrate all our female athletes, coaches & officials who contribute to our sport on a daily basis! Showing that female participation is at an all time high within the sport of weightlifting and within Weightlifting Ireland! 👏🏻 Last weekend we had the Munster Open Championships, hosted by Cork Weightlifting Club [...]
Today we'd like to celebrate all our female coaches & officials who have contributed to the growth of our sport and the increase in female participation. 👏🏻 We'd like to highlight two in particular; Aoife O’Moore - Student Sport Ireland Women’s Coaching Academy Graduate, 2023 & Margaret Janos - Weightlifting Ireland 2024 representative on the [...]
In 2019 Sport Ireland launched the Women in Sport Policy detailing the vision for Women in Sport: 'One where women have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential while enjoying lifelong participation and involvement in sport'. By December 2023 all sporting organisations were required to have 40% female on their Boards. A snapshot of [...]
"If we can't see her.... we can't be her" : Beáta Jung - Team Ireland Female Coach How it started.... I’ve been coaching for almost thirteen years now at this stage. I started with kids gymnastics when I was seventeen years old. In my twenties, I started to coach CrossFit & Weightlifting while I also [...]
Women in Sport (WIS) week is taking place March 4th– 10th. The aim of Women in Sport Week is to: Celebrate every women and girl who plays, coaches, officiates, volunteers, works in and leads out on Women in Sport. Promote and highlight the ongoing work of Sport Ireland, NGBs, LSPs and other stakeholders and clubs under [...]
Some of the Irish Senior team went to a training camp in preparation for the upcoming European Senior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They went to INSEP, (the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance) in Paris, France. After some social media postings by INSEP, some of the Irish Senior team were invited & able to [...]
