Ireland

Multiple Sports
Licensing & Merchandising

Pay-television broadcaster Sky is launching its first online sports merchandise shop following a tie-up with Fanatics
Gaelic Sports
Media

The Gaelic Athletic Association has hit back at claims it did not gauge interest from linear broadcasters ahead of its decision to move domestic coverage of some championship matches to a pay-per-view…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The British & Irish Lions have opted to extend their approach to commercialising the team’s overseas tours by entering into a joint venture with Rugby Australia.
Cricket
Media

DAZN and Sky Sports will share live coverage of all 74 matches from this year’s Indian Premier League in the UK and Ireland, after DAZN opted to sublicense rights to the pay-TV broadcaster.
Gaelic Sports
Media

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ have engaged OTT technology company Simplestream to revamp their GAAGO service.
Multiple Sports
Media

Multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN has extended access to its new linear television channel in the UK and Ireland to all existing OTT subscribers in the markets after initially indicating that…
Rugby Union
Media

Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ and telecoms operator Virgin Media have acquired rights to this year’s men’s Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has announced the promotion of long-serving producer Jo Osborne to the newly created role of head of women’s sport.
Multiple Sports
Media

DAZN is to launch a linear television channel in the UK and Ireland later this month
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NS/FS BiH) has agreed a new kit supply deal with Spanish sportswear and equipment manufacturer Kelme
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has signed a multi-year kit supply and sponsorship deal with Castore in what represents a first national team agreement in the sport for the UK sportswear manufacturer
Multiple Sports
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe president Andrew Georgiou said “simplification has to be the overriding objective” for the media conglomerate’s joint venture with telco BT after announcing the merger of the Eurosport and BT Sport pay-television channels under a single TNT Sports brand in the UK and Ireland.
Tennis
Media

Sky will become the new home of the ATP and WTA tours across its active markets of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy from 2024 onwards, SportBusiness understands
Cricket
Media

Pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports has renewed its exclusive platform-neutral rights in the UK and Ireland to International Cricket Council properties for eight years, from 2024 to 2031
Rugby Union
Licensing & Merchandising

Global sports merchandising company Fanatics has extended its ecommerce and manufacturing deal with the British & Irish Lions rugby union team through to 2030
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Irish sponsorship industry grew by nine per cent to reach an overall value of €196m in 2022, according to the annual report from sponsorship and research agency Onside.
Biathlon
Media

Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed a new deal with the European Broadcasting Union to continue showing all International Biathlon Union events across its platforms in the UK and Ireland
Tennis
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired rights to the US Open grand slam from 2023 to 2027