Irish government news

The Irish Spa Association (ISA) is urgently calling upon the Irish Government to provide full commercial rent relief to safeguard spas, salons and beauty businesses. ... More

Leisure centres and stadiums are being transformed into emergency hospital wards in Wales, as part of measures to tackle the unprecedented challenges placed on the ... More

A new £67m (US$86.9m, €79.8m) cultural and environmental Eden Project tourist attraction is to be built along the banks of the River Foyle, near Derry-Londonderry, ... More

The Irish government will utilise funds sitting in dormant bank accounts by investing them in sport and physical activity measures. In total, €4.2m will be ... More

Grants of up to €2.5m (US$2.81m, £2.22m) are being made available for large-scale visitor attractions in Ireland, under a scheme that is intended to transform ... More

Sport Ireland has received a €6.5m (£5.7m) increase in its annual funding levels. The boost was announced as part of the Irish government's Budget 2019 ... More

Belfast has been stripped of its right to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games, after the required funding for the event was not released by ... More

National sporting infrastructure in Ireland has received a major boost with the delivery of the €41m (US$44m, £35m) National Indoor Arena in Dublin, which will ... More

Sports clubs in Ireland will be able to bid for a share of a €30m (£25.3m, US$31.3) funding pot being made available by the government ... More

Industry tradeshow and conference Spa Life will host a two-day event in Ireland in 2017 – marking the third country for the event. Set to ... More

The Irish government has set aside further funding to establish six new community sports hubs and invest in other participation initiatives. A sum of €1.4m ... More

More than 300 sporting events will be held across Ireland from 10 September as part of the nation’s participation in this year’s European Week of ... More

High performance sport organisation, the Irish Institute of Sport, will be on the hunt for a new sports director when Gary Keegan steps down in ... More

Women’s football and the traditional Irish sport of camogie will receive a €1m (£791,745, US$1.2m) boost from the Irish government over a two-year period. Minister ... More

The Irish government has set aside €27m (£21.1m, US$30.1m) in sports grants for 2016, which will be distributed to governing bodies and local partnerships via ... More

The Northern Irish government has expressed its “commitment” to redeveloping Belfast’s Casement Park stadium in a bid to bring the 2023 Rugby World Cup to ... More

The Irish government has ring-fenced an initial €5.5m (£4.2m, US$6m) for 2016 in a bid to get 500,000 more people involved with regular physical activity ... More

Despite the disappointing end to Ireland’s journey at the Rugby World Cup over the weekend, sports fans on the Emerald Isle can seek solace from ... More

The Irish government has increased its investment in the country’s national governing bodies of sport (NGB). Channeled through the Irish Sports Council (ISC), a total ... More

The Tourism Alliance has called on the government to address inconsistencies in Air Passenger Duty (APD) policy across the UK, to avoid “distorting the tourism ... More

The Bannatyne Group's director of finance, Christopher Watson, has been arrested by Durham Police on suspicion of fraud. He sits on the company's main board. ... More

UNESCO has enquired about whether appropriate authorisation was granted for the use of World Heritage site Skellig Michael as a film set for the latest ... More

The Bannatyne Group has today announced a £92m deal with M&G Investments for the sale and leaseback of the ground leases for 39 Bannatyne’s Health ... More

The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation's (ITIC) review of 2013 reveals that visitor arrivals were up six per cent to nearly seven million, the best year ... More

The Irish government is to invest 26m euro in local sports projects across the country - the first round of sports capital funding in four ... More