The Federation of Irish Sport will host the 2025 Irish Sport Industry Awards in Dublin this evening, bringing together leaders from across the sector to celebrate the achievements of the past year.
The shortlist for eight competitive categories have already been announced (see below for the list of nominees).
The night will also see the unveiling of three coveted individual honours for the Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to Sport Award, the KPMG Women in Sport Award and the Jimmy Magee Sports Coverage of the Year Award, as chosen by the Association of Sports Journalists Ireland.
The evening will also feature a fireside chat between MC Sean O’Rourke and Senator Evanne Ní Chuillin touching on sport, advocacy and public life, and a panel discussion exploring the value of sport to the country featuring Minsietr Alan Dillon, Jill Downey, the Chair of the Judging Panel this year, and Peter McKenna, Croke Parks’ Stadium and the GAA’s Commercial Director.
It promises to be a great night.
2025 Finalists
Best Commercial Partnership in Sport, presented by Dublin City Sports & Wellbeing Partnership
Ladies Gaelic Football Association and TG4, Lidl Ireland
Olympic Federation of Ireland and Flogas
Paralympic Ireland and Nestlé Cereals
Athletics Ireland and 123.ie
Best Use of Communications Platforms in Sport, presented by Future Ticketing
Leave No Trace Ireland, Love This Place
IRFU, Irish Rugby+ in partnership with WiiStream
Athletics Ireland, Irish Runner Magazine
Football Association of Ireland, League of Ireland
Best Initiative to Promote Women in Sport & Physical Activity presented by Opel Ireland
Mayo Local Sports Partnership, ‘Mayo.ie Western People Women’s Mini Marathon’
Basketball Ireland, SOCIA-Ball
Athletics Ireland, The Girls Squad
Badminton Ireland, BadminTEEN
Best Initiative to Promote Inclusivity in Sport & Physical Activity by a Local Sports Partnership Presented by A&L Goodbody
Laois Sports Partnership, Translation of Safeguarding 1 Training into Ukrainian
Wicklow Sports Partnership, Urban Outdoor Recreation
Wexford Sports Partnership, Nature Walker app
Donegal Sports Partnership, Sport 4 Empowerment
Best Initiative to Promote Inclusivity in Sport & Physical Activity by a National Governing Body presented by A&L Goodbody
Cycling Ireland, Project Moljnir
Canoeing Ireland, PaddleAble programme
Irish Wheelchair Association Sport, Treaty Rollers multi-sport club
Football Association of Ireland, Cairdeas Cup Festival
Local Sports Partnership of the Year, presented by Clann Credo
Fingal Sports Council
Mayo Sports Partnership
Laois Sports Partnership
Leitrim Sports Partnership
Governing Body of the Year, presented by Marsh
Badminton Ireland
Athletics Ireland
Basketball Ireland
Squash Ireland
Best New Sports Business of the Year, presented by Sport Ireland
Skippio
Hexis
KineMo
Sports Impact Technologies
Best Sports Business of the Year, presented by Technology Ireland DIGITAL Skillnet
WiiStream
Irish American Events Ltd. (IAEL)
ClubSpot
Quiz Wizards
To be announced on the 20th May 2025 at the awards ceremony:
Jimmy Magee FIS/Association of Sports Journalist Ireland Sports Coverage of the Year Award
KPMG Women in Business in Sport Award
Outstanding Achievement & Contribution to Sport Award
Behind the Judging: Meet the Experts who deliberated for five hours in Dublin yesterday and for many more in advance and who are pictured above (LtoR)
Clare Louise O’Donoghue, Federation of Irish Sport
Ronan McCormack, Group Marketing Manager, Dalata Group Hotel
Brenda O’Donnell, CEO Active Disability Ireland
Elma Beirne, Associate Director, Talent & Marketing Representation, Wasserman Ireland
Jill Downey, Chief Sponsorship & Sustainability Officer, Core
Ronan Donagher, Former Head of Games Systems
Rob Hartnett, Founder, CEO Sport for Business
Tom Fox, Co-Founder of 53Six
Maeve Buckley, Director, Leading Sport
Shane Califf, Head of the Organisational Development & Change Unit, Sport Ireland
Catherine Tiernan, Commercial Director, Olympic Federation of Ireland
Stephen Bradshaw, Head of Marketing, Close Brothers Motor Finance
Ger McTavish, Disability in Sport Lead, Sport Ireland (not pictured)
Further Reading for Sport for Business members:
Check out Sport for Business coverage of Sponsorship
SPORT FOR BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
Congratulations to all those shortlisted and those who did not quite make it in a very strong year. Best of luck now for when the winners are announced this evening.
WHAT’S UP NEXT?
The Awards will take place at the College Green Hotel in Dublin this evening Tuesday night, May 20th and we will have a full report tomorrow.
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