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Children First: Child Protection Law and Sport in Ireland

Children First: Child Protection Law and Sport in Ireland

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Although the leading and better resourced sports organisation in the (Republic of) Ireland already have detailed polices in place regarding child safety and protection, the proposed requirements detailed this week in the heads of the Children First Bill, which can be accessed here, are likely to prove onerous for smaller sports organisations. What follows is a [...]

Irish sport can have a major role to play in restoring Irish confidence and the Irish economy.

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The last twelve months have seen Irish sportsmen and sportswomen compete at the highest level all over the world and in doing so have raised all our spirits in these depressing times. Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom is quite clear on how his sport became the talk of not just cricketing circles, but the entire [...]