Monday, March 4th to Sunday March 10th 2024

Women in Sport Week

The aim of Women in Sport Week is to celebrate every women and girl who plays, coaches, officiates, volunteers, works in and leads out on Women in Sport; and also to promote and highlight the ongoing work of Sport Ireland, NGBs, LSPs and other stakeholders and clubs under the topic of Women in Sport.

Sport Ireland’s vision for women in sport is one where women have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential, while enjoying a lifelong involvement in sport.

Individual sporting bodies and Local Sports Partnerships will have a variety of events through the week, broadly aligfned to the following themed days:

Monday 4th – High Performance
Tuesday 5th – Visibility
Wednesday 6th – Leadership & Governance
Thursday 7th – Coaching & Officiating
Friday 8th – International Women’s Day
Saturday 9th – Parkrun WIS
Sunday 10th – Active Participation

Wednesday, March 6th 2024

Leopardstown Golf Centre

To coincide with International Women’s Day, on March 8th, Golf Ireland will launch it’s 2024 ‘Chip and Chat’ 2024 programme on March 6th. This will be the first of four events due to take place over the coming months.

Chip & Chat is Ireland’s first Women’s Social Golf Community and we aim to provide an engaging, fun, and safe space for women of all abilities to connect with those of a similar age and play golf in a variety of ways.

On the night, attendees can socialise and have some fun whilst practicing their skills at Leopardstown Golf Centre. This first event will be a Driving Range experience. Music and nibbles will be provided, there will be access to TrackMan screens, whilst there will also be a number of PGA Pro Golfers on hand to help get the most out of the experience.

Thursday 7th March 2024 0900

Arthur Cox

Sarah Keane, CEO of Swim Ireland and President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland in conversation with Rob Hartnett of Sport for Business on the theme of Inspiring Inclusion.

Thursday 7th March 2024

William Fry

Su Carty from the IRFU, Lindsay Peat former international Rugby player, All Ireland winner and more, and Minister of State for Sport Thomas Byrne in conversation with Marie Crowe with a special guest appearance from Joanne O’Riordan.

Friday, 8th March

European Union Brussels

A Conference on Gender Equality featuring the National Olympic Committees of Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Turkey, North Macedonia, and Latvia together with representatives from the European Union and the International Committee, hosted by Rob Hartnett of Sport for Business.

 

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