Ireland
Industry Moves

Kieran Holden, head of sport at Irish broadcaster Virgin Media Television, has left his position
College Sports
Events

A planned college football game between the University of Notre Dame and the United States Naval Academy in August has been moved from the Republic of Ireland to the United States in the wake of the Covid-19…
Rugby Union
Events

Francis Baron, the former chief executive of England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU), has devised a financial rescue plan for the sport that would centre on a World Cup-style tournament held across the U…
Horse Racing
Sponsorship & Marketing

Irish horse racing’s biggest sponsor, the Irish European Breeders’ Fund (EBF), will increase its race prize-money contribution to €2.5m ($2.7m) f
Football
Media

Poland’s Ekstraklasa has struck broadcast deals in some key European markets as the league continues its preparations to return to action on May 29 following the Covid-19 shutdown.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has today (Friday) completed its acquisition of a 28-per-cent stake in the Pro14 cross-border rugby union competition from league organising body Celtic Rugby DAC
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

The British & Irish Lions rugby union team has announced that Thelma O’Driscoll and Shane Whelan have joined the organisation as its new chief financial officer and director of digital, marketing and c…
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot has said he will push for the British and Irish Lions to tour new destinations should he succeed in being elected as the new leader of rugby union’s world governing b…
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Private equity group CVC Capital Partners' planned £300m ($375m/€345m) investment in rugby union's Six Nations competition has been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report in th…
Esports
Events

Esports organisation DreamHack, video game developer Riot Games and telecoms operator Telia have teamed up to launch a Northern European arm of the League of Legends Championship
Football
Media

European football's governing body, Uefa, and Spain’s LaLiga have both made available their wealth of archive content on their own broadcast platforms amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
Football
Media

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ is to show the national team’s play-off for this summer’s Euro 2020 football championship.
Gaelic Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Allianz Ireland has extended its title sponsorships of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Gaelic football and hurling leagues for a further five seasons.
Rugby Union
Events

European private equity company CVC Capital Partners is close to buying stakes in the Six Nations and Pro14 rugby competitions, as part of wider plans to 'reshape' the sport's global competition structure,…
Rugby Union
Media

The member unions of the Six Nations rugby union tournament have agreed to pool their media rights, including autumn internationals and other test matches, ahead of the anticipated investment from CVC…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports retailer JD is paying €100,000 ($109,570) per season as the new main sponsor of League of Ireland Premier Division football club Shamrock Rovers, according to sports industry sources.
Horse Racing
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ireland's Curragh Racecourse has extended airport retailer Dubai Duty Free's title sponsorship of its flagship horse racing event, The Irish Derby
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Football Association of Ireland has ended a sponsorship deal with Kenyan bookmaker SportPesa as part of a government-backed rescue agreement for the embattled governing body