The Sport Inclusion and Disability Charter was developed in partnership with Sport Ireland and Cara, recognising that sport and physical activity are central to the fabric of life in Ireland. As citizens of this state, people with disabilities have a right to be active within their local communities. In our efforts to truly understand what it is really like for a person with a disability to be active in Ireland, we carried out nationwide focus groups with people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities.

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.

This innovative study is a collaboration between Sport Ireland, Healthy Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland in commissioning the first all-island study into Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA).
The study provides a rich insight into the experiences of children and adolescents
throughout Ireland around their participation in physical activity, sport and physical
education. It is particularly beneficial in highlighting many similarities in the physical
activity behaviours between children in the two jurisdictions as well as some notable

This report provides an interim update on data collected during the first six months of fieldwork on the Irish Sports Monitor 2019.

The National Sports Policy provides the policy context in which we will operate over the next 10 years. Sport Ireland strongly endorses the National Sports Policy and, as the statutory agency responsible, will have a lead role in many of the key operational and strategic challenges contained within the Policy.

This report highlights the significant contribution that Sport Ireland’s network of Local Sports Partnerships is making to advance the goals set out in the Department’s National Sports Policy 2018-2027.

This Report provides an overview of the important work carried out by Sport Ireland and t he 29 Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) and highlights their efforts to increase participation levels across Ireland through key target populations