Ireland

Gaelic Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based Sporting goods retailer Sports Direct is poised to become the new primary sponsor of Cork GAA, which owns the Irish county’s Gaelic football and hurling teams.
Media

A long-running carriage dispute between Irish telecoms operators Virgin Media and Eir has been fast-tracked to the Commercial Court in Dublin
Media

The Irish government has launched a review of the list of sporting events currently reserved for free-to-air television coverage in the country.
Football
Finance & Law

The Football Association of Ireland has approved its 2019 financial accounts, which showed a loss of €5.1m ($6.2m) along with commercial income of €15.7m.
Media

UK and Ireland pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired a 10-per-cent stake in the parent company of social media publisher JOE Media Group, with the two parties set to share sports content
Horse Racing
Media

Commercial broadcaster Virgin Media Television has extended and expanded its rights in Ireland to Racecourse Media Group’s UK horse races until 2023.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Irish Pro14 rugby union club Munster has announced that Musgrave Park will revert to its original name after a mutual agreement was reached to bring an early end to a stadium naming rights deal with Independent…
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Six Nations Rugby has named the Welsh Rugby Union’s Craig Maxwell as its chief commercial officer in a role that will begin at the start of next year.
Rugby Union
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired a package of rights in Ireland to the new Autumn Nations Cup rugby union tournament
Motorsport
Media

Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has agreed a rights deal in Ireland with Virgin Media Television. The agreement comprises live and highlights rights as the new series begins in 2021
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based sportswear brand Umbro has returned as the kit supplier to the Republic of Ireland’s national football teams in a new agreement announced today (Thursday).
Rugby Union
Events

Two Circles, the data-driven sports marketing agency owned by Bruin Sports Capital, has been named as the official ticketing marketing agency in the UK and Ireland for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which will…
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has posted a loss of €35.7m ($42.2m) for the 2019-20 season as the governing body continues to deal with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Football
Media

European football’s governing body, Uefa, has secured an order from the Irish High Court that requires a series of internet service providers in the country to block access to IP addresses of servers w…
Football
Industry Moves

Jonathan Hill, the former agency executive and ex-commercial director at the Football Association, has been named as the new chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Wrestling
Media

Sports Channel Network has acquired multi-platform rights in the UK and Ireland to US wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling
Wrestling
Media

Premier Sports has acquired rights in the UK and Ireland to Impact Wrestling’s flagship weekly show and its showpiece events.
Gaelic Sports
Media

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has agreed to provide online coverage of inter-county championship matches that are not being shown by Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ and pay-television broadcaster …