WEEK 2: Actioning Policies and Achieving Change at Leadership Level

Why we need gender balance at decision-making level in sport

13 July 2020

Week two of the OFI Gender Equality in Sport Online Series discusses leadership and the importance of achieving gender balance at decision making level in sport. This is the second episode in the four part series where leaders from the sporting arena, decision-makers, and influencers discuss their personal experiences and offer insights into how to ensure that sport is a gender inclusive environment.

This week’s session steps outside the field of play with an exciting line up including Dr. Jennifer Cassidy, Lecturer on Global Governance and Diplomacy, Deirdre Carbery, former Lieutenant in the Irish Army and Gender Advisor for World Health Innovation Summit, as well as Team Ireland Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020, Tricia Heberle. Sports Journalist Cliona Foley will be the MC.

The webinar occurs on Wednesday 15 July at 2pm. Please note, you must register in advance for each webinar via THIS LINK

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Week 2: Focus on Leadership

DR. JENNIFER CASSIDY is a lecturer in Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford and is a respected and recognised speaker in the area of digital diplomacy, women in leadership and feminist foreign policy. She published the first edited volume on Gender and Diplomacy: Theory and Practice. The volume provides a detailed discussion of the role of women in diplomacy and crafts for its readers a global narrative of understanding relating to their current and historical role within it. Outside out of academia realm, Jennifer has served as a diplomatic attaché to Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (New York), European Diplomatic Service to the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Headquarters during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union.


DEIRDRE CARBERY is a former Lieutenant in the Irish Army, Security Strategist and Gender Advisor for World Health Innovation Summit. She has a comprehensive background in gender, diversity and inclusion with the UN and NATO to progress the Women, Peace and Security Agenda internationally. Carbery joined the Irish Army in 2004 and prior to retiring from the military she held numerous appointments at home and overseas including her role as Gender and Child Protection Advisor. In 2018 she was awarded with the Mission Gender Champion Award and was recognised by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations as a Military Gender Advocate for 2018 for her work in mainstreaming a gender perspective throughout planning and operational activities.


TRICIA HEBERLE is Team Ireland’s Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020, having already worked as the Chef de Mission for the European Games in Minsk last summer. She is the Lead Consultant and Company Director with ‘Success Leaves Clues’ Sports Consultancy, through this work she facilitates, educates and supports organisations and key leaders and managers to plan, deliver, monitor and review high performance and sport development and performance. Heberle’s road to leading Team Ireland to the Olympics is vast and varied, including her competition days as an Olympian in hockey with Australia, and assistant hockey coach at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000

Last week the session focused on leaders in coaching, with excellent examples from our speakers, read the REPORT HERE. On the 22 July we will look at the subject of governance, and on the 29 July, we will talk about Portrayal. Pre-registration is required for each event.

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Please click here for Irish results going back as far as WW2 at the National Stadium.

The results cover the first National Elite finals night at the Stadium in 1940.

Eighty two Elite finals nights have been decided since the Stadium, the first purpose-built boxing venue in the world, opened its doors 81 years ago.

The National Senior (formerly Intermediate) and U/23, Youth and Cadet results are also covered.

John Joe Nevin, Michael Mulanney and Tyson Fury had their hands raised in victory in the first leg of a Poland versus Ireland match in Rzeszow in 2007.

Nevin, who would qualify for Beijing 2008 a year later, recorded an impressive victory over Krzysztof Rogowski in the bantamweight division and Mulaney chalked up a unanimous decision over Damian Kośmider at light heavyweight.

Fury, boxing for the first time for Ireland, saw off Michał Jabłoński, Fury winning the heavyweight contest on a third-round stoppage.

Nevin won again in the second leg in Bialytok, as did Eamon Touhey who beat Andrzej Liczik on a split decision.

Mulaney recorded his second win of the trip on a split verdict over Paweł Głażewski, with Poland winning on aggregate over the two legs.

Poland v Ireland

November 22, 2007

Rzeszów, Poland

48kg Łukasz Maszczyk POL beat Jimmy Moore IRL 3:0
51kg Rafał Kaczor POL beat Gary McDonagh IRL RSC 3
54kg John Joe Nevin IRL beat Krzysztof Rogowski POL 3:0
57kg Michał Chudecki POL beat Eamon Touhey IRL 2:1
60kg Krzysztof Szot POL beat Ross Hickey IRL 3:0
64kg Mariusz Koperski POL beat Mark Wickham IRL 3:0
69kg Michał Starbała POL beat Fergal Redmond IRL 3:0
75kg Dariusz Sęk POL beat Edward Healy IRL 2:1
81kg Michael Mullaney IRL beat Damian Kośmider POL 3:0
+91kg Tyson Fury IRL beat Michał Jabłoński POL RSC 3

Poland v Ireland

November 24, 2007

Białystok, Poland

48kg Łukasz Maszczyk POL beat Jimmy Moore IRL 3:0
51kg Rafał Kaczor POL beat Gary McDonagh IRL 3:0
54kg John Joe Nevin IRL beat Mateusz Mazik POL 3:0
57kg Eamon Touhey IRL beat Andrzej Liczik POL 2:1
64kg Krzysztof Szot POL beat Mark Wickham IRL RSCI 4
69kg Michał Starbała POL beat Fergal Redmond IRL 3:0
75kg Mirosław Nowosada POL beat Sean Shevlin IRL RSC 3
81kg Michael Mullaney IRL beat Paweł Głażewski POL 2:1

Antrim’s Monkstown ABC and Limerick’s Rathkeale BC did the double and Brandon McCarthy nailed Irish title No. 15 – and his first Elite crown – at the  National Stadium tonight.

Brother and sister Michaela and Aidan Walsh claimed feather and welter titles at the expense of Emma Agnew and Callum Walsh and Nell Fox and Jason Harty made sure Treaty boxing was celebrating on unanimous and split decisions over Leona Houlihan and John Joe Nevin.

Jude Gallagher and Regan Buckley, meantime, matched the classic 2009 final between Rio Olympian David Oliver Joyce and two-weight World pro champion Carl Frampton in terms of drama and action.

Both men went about their business with intensity, guts and guilt before Gallagher had his hand raised in victory on a night of celebration for Tyrone’s Two Castles BC.

Former Elite champion Eric Donovan worked Gallagher’s corner tonight and said he’d made an arrangement with pro boxing chiefs to weigh-in tomorrow, as opposed to today, ahead of his 11th paid fight in Glasgow on Saturday night.

Sean Mari and Evelyn Igharo took home the first two belts on offer on 3-2 splits and Brandon McCarthy outpointed Barry McReynolds, a two-time European medallist at underage level, to secure belt number 15.

“Absolutely amazing, I can’t get over it. What a night, what a way to win an Elite title. It still hasn’t set in yet,” said McCarthy, also a European underage medallist of the St Michael’s Athy unit.

Meanwhile, Dean Clancy beat defending feather champion Patryk Adamus in a fierce encounter and Aidan Walsh earned a unanimous decision over Cork southpaw Callum Walsh. Olympic champion Michael Carruth presented the accolades.

Emmet Brennan emerged victorious versus defending light-heavy titlist Thomas O’Toole.

“It was a great fight, better fight than I thought it would be,” said the Dublin Dockland’s BC man.

Meantime, Ceire Smith landed her 7th Elite belt on a unanimous decision over Niamh Earley.

“I got the opportunity tonight against a very good, strong upcoming opponent. It’s lovely to see another generation up and coming. Thanks very much to my opponent, great fight,” said Smith of the Cavan BC.

Cork’s Christina Desmond beat Offaly’s Grainne Walsh on a 4-1 split in a repeat of last February’s welter final which Desmond also won on a split. Tonight’s encounter, in one of the five Olympic limits for females, was equally as close, with Walsh probably shading the first round and Desmond edging frames two and three.

Another key bout in an Olympic weight saw George Bates topple Wayne Kelly 4-1 in the 63kg class, while big Ken Okungbowa, who claimed the heavyweight belt in February, secured the super heavy belt tonight on a 4-1 split decision over Antoine O’Griofa.

Offaly bantam Sarah Haghighat beat Sarah Breslin to secure the second last gold medal on offer and Dublin’s former heavyweight champion Kiril Afanasev outpointed 2019 World Military Games bronze medalist Daniel O’Brien in the 83rd and final contest of the seven-day tournament.

Dom O’Rourke, President of the IABA, hailed the performances of all athletes after five days of competition since last Friday.

Ring Announcer Peter O’Donnell said that the tournament showcased some remarkable boxing.

Irish boxing is proudly sponsored by Liffey Crane.

(Images courtesy of Tara Mari and Paddy Gallagher)

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Jude Gallagher, Brandon McCarthy, Daina Moorehouse, Evelyn Igharo, Dean Clancy and Sean Mari

Liffey Crane Hire National Elite Championships National Stadium Dublin

November 22

Finals (5.45pm)

60kg Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan) W/O
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) W/O
81+kg Naoise Finney (Ballybrack) W/O
49kg Sean Mari (Monkstown D) beat Ricky Nesbitt (Holy Family Drogheda) 3-2
64kg Evelyn Igharo (Clann Naofa) beat Ciara Ginty (Geesala) 3-2
81kg Nell Fox (Rathkeale) beat Leona Houlihan (Crumlin) 5-0
60kg Brandon McCarthy (St Michaels Athy) beat Barry McReynolds (Holy Trinity) 5-0
48kg Daina Moorehouse (Enniskerry) beat Shannon Sweeney (St Annes) 5-0
75kg Jason Harty (Rathkeale) beat John Joe Nevin (Crumlin) 4-1
81kg Emmett Brennan (Docklands) beat Thomas O’Toole (Celtic Eagles) 3-2
57kg Michaela Walsh (Monkstown A) beat Emma Agnew (Dealgan) RSC2
51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan) beat Niamh Early (Ryston) 5-0
52kg Jude Gallagher (Two Castles) beat Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s) 5-0
57kg Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott) beat Patryk Adamus (Drimnagh) 4-1
69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown Antrim) beat Callum Walsh (Riverstown) 5-0
69kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans) beat Grainne Walsh (Spartacus) 4-1
63kg George Bates (St Mary’s Dublin) beat Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise) 4-1
91+kg Kenneth Okungbowa (Athlone) beat Antoine O’Griofa (Celtic Eagles/Defence Forces) 4-1
54kg Sarah Haghighat (St Brigids, Edenderry) beat Zara Breslin (Tramore) 5-0
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield) beat Daniel O’Brien (Defence Forces) 5-0

Ringside Announcer: Peter O’Donnell
Tournament Inspector: Stephen Connolly
Computer Operator: Tara Mari
Chief Whip: Paddy Osborne
Glove Stewards: Philip Roche & Tommy Fitzsimons
Record Books: Anna Moore & Maura Campbell
Ringside Doctor: Dr Julian Dalby
Referee/Judges from the 6 Units.

November 20

S/Finals

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes) beat Chloe Fleck (Lisburn) 5-0
48kg Daina Moorehouse (Enniskerry) beat Ciara Walsh (Smithfield) 5-0
51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston) W/O
51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan) beat Nycole Hayes (Togher) 5-0
54kg Sarah Haghighat (St Brigids, Edenderry) beat Shauna Blaney (Navan) 5-0
57kg Emma Agnew (Dealgan) W/O
64kg Evelyn Igharo (Clann Naofa) beat Gillian Duffy (St Marys Tallaght) RSC1
64kg Ciara Ginty (Geesala) beat Clodagh Greene (Crumlin) 5-0
69kg Grainne Walsh (Spartacus) W/O
81kg Leona Houlihan (Crumlin) W/O
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield) beat Patrick Corcoran (Olympic Galway) AB2
91kg Daniel O’Brien (Defence Forces) W/O
91+kg Antoine Griffin (Celtic Eagles & DF) beat Gytis Lisinskas (Celtic Eagles) 4-1
91+kg Kenneth Okungbowa (Athlone) beat Thomas Carthy (Crumlin) 4-1

November 18

Q/Final 

51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston) beat Caitlin Fryers (Immaculata) 5-0

S/Finals

49kg Sean Mari (Monkstown D) beat Diarmuid Toland (Holy Family GG) 4-1
52kg Jude Gallagher (Two Castles) beat Adam Hession (Monivea) 5-0
52kg Regan Buckley (St Theresa’s) beat Jack O’Neill (Corpus Christi) 5-0
57kg Patryk Adamus (Drimnagh) beat Thomas Casey (St Francis) 4-1
57kg Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott) beat Sean Purcell (Enniskerry) 3-2
60kg Barry McReynolds (Holy Trinity) beat Myles Casey (St Francis) 3-2
60kg Brandon McCarthy (St Michaels Athy) beat Peter Alexandrut (Crumlin) 5-0
63kg Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise) beat Michael Avetisian (Mulhuddart) 3-2
63kg George Bates (St Mary’s Tallaght) beat Gerard Matthews (St Pauls Antrim) 5-0
69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown Antrim) beat Ryan O’Rourke (St Michaels Dublin) 5-0
69kg Callum Walsh (Riverstown) beat Eugene McKeever (Holy Family Drogheda) KO2
75kg Jason Harty (Rathkeale) beat Jack Brady (Crumlin) 5-0
75kg John Joe Nevin (Crumlin) beat Fearghus Quinn (Camlough) 4-1
81kg Thomas O’Toole (Celtic Eagles) beat Anthony Browne (St Michaels Dublin) 4-0
81kg E Brennan (Dublin Docklands) beat P McCullagh (St John Bosco Belfast) 4-0

November 16

Q/Finals

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes) beat Carol Coughlan (Monkstown D) 4-1
48kg Ciara Walsh (Smithfield) beat Courtney Daly (Crumlin) 5-0
57kg Patryk Adamus (Drimnagh) beat Christian Cekiso (Portlaoise) 3-2
57kg Thomas Casey (St Francis) beat Connor Kerr (Monkstown Antrim) 5-0
57kg Sean Purcell (Enniskerry) beat Kane Marshall (Emerald Antrim) 5-0
57kg Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott) beat JP Hale (Star) 5-0
69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown Antrim) beat Kieran Molloy (Oughterard) 4-1
69kg Ryan O’Rourke (St Michaels Dublin) beat Michael Kinsella (St Anthonys/Pats) 3-2
69kg Callum Walsh (Riverstown) beat Luke Maguire (Esker) 3-2
69kg Eugene McKeever (Holy Family Drogheda) beat Michael Bustard (Dockers) 5-0
81kg Thomas O’Toole (Celtic Eagles) beat Brian Kennedy (St Marys & DF) 4-1
81kg Anthony Browne (St Michaels Dublin) beat Peter Nosic (Brian Dillons) 5-0
81kg Paul McCullagh (St John Bosco Belfast) beat Tommy Hyde (St Michaels Athy) 4-1
81kg Emmett Brennan (Dublin Docklands) W/O
91+kg Gytis Lisinskas (Celtic Eagles) beat Martin Keenan (Rathkeale) 4-0
91+kg Antoine Griffin (Celtic Eagles & DF) beat Martin Mongan (Corpus Christi) 5-0
91+kg Thomas Carthy (Crumlin) beat Stephen McMonagle (Holy Trinity) 5-0
91+kg Kenneth Okungbowa (Athlone) beat Ciaran Griffin (Celtic Eagles) 5-0

November 15

Prelims

57kg Christian Cekiso (Portlaoise) best Colm Murphy (St Georges) 5-0
69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown Antrim) beat Terry McEntee (DCU) 4-1
69kg Michael Bustard (Dockers) beat Fergal Redmond (Arklow) 5-0
81kg Brian Kennedy (St Marys & DF) beat Michael Frane (Clonard Wexford) 5-0
81kg Paul McCullagh (St John Bosco Belfast) beat Sean Crowley (Arklow) 4-1
81kg Kane Tucker (Emerald Antrim) beat David Biscevis (St Saviours OBA) 5-0
91+kg Gytis Lisinskas (Celtic Eagles) beat John McDonnell (Crumlin) 5-0

Q/Finals

52kg Jude Gallagher (Two Castles) beat Sean Kavanagh (Monkstown Dublin) 5-0
60kg Barry McReynolds (Holy Trinity) beat Killian Geraghty (Crumlin) 5-0
63kg Michael Avetisian (Mulhuddart) beat Kenneth Doyle (Monkstown Dublin) 4-1
63kg Gerard Matthews (St Pauls Antrim) beat Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin) 4-1
63kg George Bates (St Mary’s Tallaght) beat Yannick Meseke (Olympic Galway) 5-0
75kg Jack Brady (Crumlin) beat Glory Carlos Lmuala (Maynooth) 4-1
75kg John Joe Nevin (Crumlin) beat Keelyn Cassidy (Saviours Crystal) 3-2
91kg Patrick Corcoran (Olympic Galway) beat Jack Clarke (Crumlin) 4-1

Gina Akpe-Moses (Athletics) has followed in the footsteps of Kellie Harrington and won an Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sports Woman of the Month Award.

In a magnificent achievement, Akpe-Moses won gold in the 100 metres at the European Under-20 Championships, Ireland’s first ever European women’s sprint title at under-20 to senior level.

Harrington won the award last month and is in the running to win the annual Irish Times/Sport Ireland award at the end of the year

“First up, we’re going for the mighty Kellie Harrington, an inspiring character in the best of times, but even more so these past few months, wrote the Irish Times.

“The irony is that after the 2019 she endured, Harrington would have been looking forward to 2020 more than most. It was last June when she had to withdraw from the final of the European Games after breaking her right hand, the injury also denying her the chance to defend the world title she had won in 2018 in India.

“When she returned to action six months later, her eyes were set on sealing a place in the Olympics, but it was during the qualifying tournament in London that the sporting world was, like everything else, locked down. And the Olympics, of course, were postponed until next year.

“Harrington will, no doubt, return to winning medals one day, but for now her reward is the appreciation of those whose lives she is helping every single day.

Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswomen of the Month Awards (2019/2020)

December: Fionnuala McCormack (Athletics)
January: Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (Cycling)
February: Rachael Blackmore (Horse racing)
March: Diana Caldwell (Football)
April: Kellie Harrington (Boxing)
May: Orlagh Farmer (Gaelic Football)
June: Gina Akpe-Moses (Athletics)