Britvic Ireland has agreed a deal with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) to hire Irish women’s international winger Béibhinn Parsons and Irish men’s international lock Joe McCarthy as Ballygowan brand ambassadors for an undisclosed sum. Parsons, who plays for Connacht, was on the Ireland women’s rugby 7s team placed fifth overall in the Paris […]
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Forvis Mazars backs Old Wesley RFC
International audit, tax and advisory consultants Forvis Mazars has signed up to sponsor Old Wesley Rugby Football Club in a three-year deal. Financial details about the deal were not disclosed which will see support for Wesley’s youth development teams, senior teams, and its visually impaired and touch rugby squads. The club’s two former mini rugby […]
Conor Murray signs up for Thérapie
Thérapie Clinic, the Irish-owned medical aesthetic and laser hair removal company, has hired Munster, Ireland and Lions player Conor Murray as its first ever brand ambassador for male laser hair removal. The The four times Six Nations champion and entrepreneur will front for the male laser hair removal brand. The company claims to have seen […]
Aer Lingus backs American football sell-out
This month sees host city Dublin welcome back the Aer Lingus College Football Classic for the first US college football game of the 2024 season, with a match between Georgia Tech and Florida State University in the Aviva Stadium on Lansdowne Road on Saturday, August 24. With over 47,000 tickets sold, the game is for […]
Caelan Doris fronts for OHK Energy
Leinster and Ireland back-row Caelan Doris has signed up as ambassador for the OHK energy group. In line with the tie-up, OHK has teamed up with the rugby player’s charity, Childline by ISPCC. As part of a fundraising campaign, €50 from every OHK sale of solar PV systems and air to water heat pumps will […]
Athletics a frontrunner for Irish sponsors
With Olympic medals for field and tracks events soon to attract handsome audiences at Paris 2024, 84 per cent of Ireland’s Sport for Business members regard athletics as an attractive prospect, up ten per cent on last year, tracking by Onside Sponsorship indicates. The report puts athletics 20 percentage points ahead of rowing, just slightly […]
Allianz game for Olympics until 2028
German-owned insurer Allianz Ireland has renewed its sponsorship with the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI), supporting Team Ireland en route to Paris 2024 and beyond. As an official OFI partner, the new deal sees Allianz extend its support through to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Allianz has been the official worldwide insurance sponsor of […]
BMW links up with KPMG Women’s Irish Open
BMW Group Ireland has signed up as the official car partner for the KMPG Women’s Irish Open in an undisclosed deal brokered by Forefront Sports. The women’s European Tour event is set to take place in Carton House in County Kildare at the end of August. The tournament has become one of the most popular […]
Bank of Ireland renews rugby deal
Bank of Ireland has agreed a five-year extension to its four Irish rugby provinces’ sponsorships across all levels in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. No details on the value of the new contract were disclosed. The new deals, all to run until 2028, extend the bank’s support for women’s rugby. As well as its current […]
Go-Ahead on a re-run with Dublin GAA
Public bus company Go-Ahead Ireland (GAI) is extending its existing three-year sponsorship with Dublin GAA which covers sponsorship of the men’s and women’s adult leagues and championships across football, hurling, and camogie until at least 2026 for an undisclosed sum. Dublin GAA’s club adult league and championships comprise 88 clubs with thousands of players competing […]
DMG and AIG back golf podcast
As the Masters is about to get underway in Augusta, sports broadcaster Shane O’Donoghue has a new series of golf podcasts. Drawing on his contacts in covering golf for TV networks worldwide, O’Donoghue’s ‘Major Moments’ podcast is a partnership with DMG Media and AIG Insurance. The series features player interviews and behind-the-scenes insights. The first […]
Sky doubles up as Ireland sponsor
Sky Ireland is the new shirt sponsor of the Republic of Ireland’s men’s football team and has extended its backing of the women’s national side. Details of the four-year contract were not disclosed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) or Sky but the deal is said to be worth around €8 million. The men’s […]
Visa signs up champion swimmer Róisín Ní Riain
Visa has signed up 18-year-old Paralympic swimmer Róisín Ní Riain for Team Visa ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The announcement follows Ní Riain’s return from Australia where she won five gold medals at the Citi Para Swimming World Series in Melbourne, allowing Ireland to achieve second place on the overall medals table. The […]