Library Guides: Sport: Websites

General Websites

Sports Ireland
Sport Ireland plans, leads and co-ordinates the sustainable development of competitive and recreational sport in Ireland.
Ireland Active
Ireland Active is a not for profit company limited by guarantee to provide support and services to create the platforms to professionalise our industry through standards and best practice whilst simultaneously developing the synergies to engage more people to be more active more often.
Sports Ireland Institute
The Sport Ireland Institute has been set-up to create an environment which influences, supports and ensures that talented Irish athletes will achieve sustained levels of excellence in elite sport. Sport Ireland Institute coordinates a network of highly experienced, quality assured service providers to help support this high performance environment ensuring that sports have access to the sports science and medicine sports that they need.
Health Promotion
HealthPromotion.ie is an organisation dedicated to promoting healthy living in Ireland. The website offers access to publications and useful links.
Special Olympics Ireland
Special Olympics Ireland is a sports organisation for people with an intellectual disability, but it provides athletes with far more than the physical benefits of sport. Special Olympics changes lives. Through sport, athletes develop both physically and emotionally, they make new friends, realise their dreams, and know they can fit in. Special Olympics Ireland enables our athletes to achieve and win not only in sport but in life too.
Vision Sports Ireland
Vision Sports Ireland (VSI) is unique in that it is the only organisation is Ireland solely dedicated to promoting sport and recreation for vision impaired people.

Professional Associations

The Federation of Irish Sport
The Federation of Irish Sport is the representative organisation for the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) in Ireland. Our membership consists of over 100 NGBs and LSPs from every corner of the country.
Deaf Sports Ireland
Deaf Sports Ireland are a National Governing Body partnering with the Irish Sports Council and operated by our members through an elected executive board and regional councils, volunteers, and staff. DSI aims to promote and develop the social and community benefits of sports for Deaf & Hard of Hearing people from the grassroots level through to club level and then onto national and international levels. DSI also help facilitate opportunities for athletes to take part in competitions across all levels.
Student Sport Ireland
As the governing body of third level sport in Ireland Student Sport Ireland’s vision is to work in partnership to enhance student health and well-being through increasing participation in sport and physical activity in third level colleges in Ireland. Student Sport Ireland’s mission is to promote and develop sport and physical activity in third level colleges in Ireland.
Physical Education Association of Ireland
The primary objectives of the Physical Education Association of Ireland (PEAI) are as follows:
• To improve standards and performance within Physical Education by providing members with opportunities and materials for professional growth
• To keep members up to date on the latest issues, trends, technologies and legislative developments in P.E. and related areas
• To support and disseminate outstanding research
• To safeguard members’ interest by speaking with a strong unified voice on relevant issues
• To provide national leadership and opportunities to influence policy and direction in P.E.
• To interest public awareness and understanding of the contribution of the Physical Education profession to Irish life.

Careers

SportsJobs.ie
Sportsjobs.ie is Ireland’s leading job board and information site for the sport and fitness sectors. Carrying jobs in all functions and sports across the country, SportsJobs.ie allows you as a jobseeker to focus your job search as well as being able to access information such as professional development courses and articles relating to your industry.
Global Sports Jobs
GlobalSportsJobs is the leading specialist digital media and talent acquisition platform for the international sports industry. It offers active, passive and industry-curious job-seekers the latest career opportunities from around the globe, from entry-level to senior management positions.
Irish Sport Jobs
Job vacancies advertised by the Federation of Irish Sport