This innovative study is a collaboration between Sport Ireland, Healthy Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland in commissioning the first all-island study into Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA).
The study provides a rich insight into the experiences of children and adolescents
throughout Ireland around their participation in physical activity, sport and physical
education. It is particularly beneficial in highlighting many similarities in the physical
activity behaviours between children in the two jurisdictions as well as some notable

This report provides an interim update on data collected during the first six months of fieldwork on the Irish Sports Monitor 2019.

The National Sports Policy provides the policy context in which we will operate over the next 10 years. Sport Ireland strongly endorses the National Sports Policy and, as the statutory agency responsible, will have a lead role in many of the key operational and strategic challenges contained within the Policy.

This report highlights the significant contribution that Sport Ireland’s network of Local Sports Partnerships is making to advance the goals set out in the Department’s National Sports Policy 2018-2027.

This Report provides an overview of the important work carried out by Sport Ireland and t he 29 Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) and highlights their efforts to increase participation levels across Ireland through key target populations