Summer Games

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has revealed plans for a full dress rehearsal to test the operations around the Olympic Torch Relay on 20 April. The Olympic Flame will travel an estimated 8,000 miles around the UK this summer, giving 8,000 Torchbearers their moment to shine. The rehearsal will …

The Olympic Council of Ireland have joined with the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent in inviting you to celebrate sport within your local community. Help your local club to get one of 500 FREE sports equipment packs, each worth approx. €500. Every participating club also gets free access to an …

Ireland’s Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls received a boost with the announcement of an Irish Sports Council €10 million package of support for 2012. This includes €2.34 million under the International Carding Scheme which is the funding that goes directly to athletes. This compares with the 2011 final year figure of …

The Olympic Council of Ireland HQ team will be in London on March 7/8 2012 and will access the Olympic Village with LOCOG. The OCI Performance support team will include Sonia O’Sullivan and core science and medical support staff. It’s an opportunity to check out the proposed allocation of accommodation, …

Irish Olympic Council President Pat Hickey looks forward to the start of the London 2012 games.

A special Cabinet meeting will be held at the Olympic Park today to mark the 200-day countdown to the opening ceremony. British Prime Minister David Cameron will gather senior government ministers in Stratford, east London, for a meeting focused on the 2012 Games. Afterwards ministers will visit sports facilities, businesses, …

Sonia O’Sullivan , Billy Walsh and Stephen Martin talk about the London 2012 Games to RTE’s Adrian Eames on “Sport on Seven” http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_sportat7.xml  

The OCI held an athlete conference at Tollymore Mountain and Conference Centre in preparation for London 2012, 9-10 December. 30 athletes attended from nine Olympic Sports such as Athletes:Paul Hession, Deirdre Ryan,Linda Byrne,Brendan Boyce;Boxers  Darren O’Neill and Michael Conlan, Cycling’s Sam Bennett, Modern Pentathlon’s Natalya Coyle, Clay Pigeon shooter Derek Burnett, Equestrian riders Liz Power, …

The OCI and Procter and Gamble today launched details of the Irish Olympic Team “nearest & dearest programme”  Stephen Martin said, “The OCI  have been working hard to ensure our athletes have the best preparation possible for London 2012.  In our quest, we’ve looked at every aspect of performance with their …

Athletes, Team Leaders, and the Irish Media will all have an opportunity to gain an insight into the London 2012 Games and Ireland’s preparations in particular over the next four weeks. Led by Sonia O’Sullivan and Stephen Martin, OCI HQ, Olympic sports team leaders, prospective team members and the Irish media will be involved …