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The Department of Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport (Irish: An Roinn Ealaíon, Meán, Cumarsáide, Cultúir agus Spóirt) is a department of the Government of Ireland. The mission of the department is to promote and develop Ireland's tourism, culture, and art; and to advance the use of the Irish language, including the development ...
The Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport (Irish: An tAire Ealaíon, Meán, Cumarsáide, Cultúir agus Spóirt) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport. The current minister is Patrick O'Donovan, TD. He is assisted by one Minister of State:
A ministry of sports or ministry of youth and sports is a kind of government ministry found in certain countries with responsibility for the regulation of sports, particularly those participated in by young people. It is led by the minister of sport (or sports minister).
The National Sports Campus Development Authority allocated a number of plots on the site to accommodate the headquarters of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), the Irish Institute of Sport (IIS) and the Irish Sport HQ. The latter is home to the administrative headquarters of 19 national governing bodies of sport in Ireland. [10]
The Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠuːˌçlʲasˠ ˈɡeːlˠ]; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, [2] which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders.
Athletics Ireland, officially the Athletic Association of Ireland or AAI, is the governing body for athletics in Ireland, with athletics defined as including track and field athletics, road running, race walking, cross country running, mountain running and ultra distance running.
By mid-March 2020, Ireland had become the only major horse racing country in Europe where the sport continued, albeit strictly regulated and behind closed doors. [172] All racing ceased following the measures introduced on 24 March which officially banned all sport, affecting the Irish Grand National which had been scheduled for mid-April. [173]