CRIA O’NEILL

 

Cria O’Neill is the Ticketing Operations Manager at the FAI and has overseen a year of continually shifting demands on filling stadia.

From working closely with UEFA on the ticketing platform for the Euro Finals that were and then were not at the Aviva Stadium, through to the easing of restrictions on home crowds at the Aviva Stadium and the rapidly sold-out World Cup Qualifier against Portugal in November.

O’Neill has been nominated from inside and outside her sport and is a great example of someone who has real influence on the day to day operation of sport here at the highest level.

She has worked with the FAI for the past nine years having spent time prior to that with Quinn Insurance and Ryanair.

She also volunteers with Special Olympics Ireland.

 

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This is the ninth edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

We are proud to do so this year with a new partner in AIG, an organisation that have pledged their commitment to equality in their partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

They are drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will introduce at least 30 per cent of fresh names from last year. That will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will continue to build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.

 

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