About Us
The Irish Sports Council created local sports partnerships as the best mechanism for delivering recreational sport to the greatest amount of people, making real the philosophy known as “sport for all”.
- To increase participation in sport.
- To ensure that local resources are used to best effect.
- A mechanism to co-ordinate the efforts of all key influencers to further develop sporting opportunities for local communities
- A vital link between the needs of local people, the work of other sports organisations/officers and national agencies and state agencies
The Role of the Local Sports Partnership:
- Information: establish a consultative forum, initiate research, compile a sports directory and database, and identify needs and resources to form the basis of local planning
- Education: overall objective to provide quality opportunities for education and training at local level, provide training courses targeting volunteers, provide access to sports specific courses through the National Governing Bodies of Sport
- Implementation: develop a strategic plan for local sport, appoint a professional administrator and secure related support services, select participation programmes for LSP’s modified to suit local needs, increase impact of national programmes delivered locally, market and promote sport
Membership of County Limerick Local Sports Partnership
The Partnership comprises of representatives from both state and voluntary sectors. Objectives of the Partnership are developed through a sub-committee structure and carried out by the members, their organisations and the work of the Sports Co-ordinator and Administrator.
Name |
Role |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
Bernadette Cullen |
Chairperson |
VEC |
Anne Costelloe |
Health Promotion Officer. |
HSE |
Josephine Cotter-Coughlan |
Director Community and Enterprise |
County Council |
Lisa Sheedy |
Senior Dev Officer |
FAS |
Patrick Quirke |
Pallas United Soccer Club |
Sports Forum |
Pat Murray |
Limerick Golf Club |
Sports Forum |
Carmel Leahy |
Springfield Basketball Club |
Sports Forum |
Sergeant Michael O Riordan |
Juvenile Liaison Officer |
Garda Siochana |
Maurice Walsh |
Youth Work Manager |
Limerick Youth Services |
Padraig Casey |
Development |
Ballyhoura Development Ltd |
Eimear Enright |
PE Dept |
University of Limerick |
Agnes O'Dowd |
Community Games |
Limerick County Community Voluntary Forum |
Kevin Flynn |
Representative |
Disability Forum |
Kirsty Boucher |
Project Worker |
Foroige |
Nick Condon |
Limerick Development |
Shannon Development |
Irene O'Callaghan |
Development |
West Limerick Resources |
Cllr Kevin Sheahan |
Chair SPC |
Strategic Policy Committee. |
Anne Delaney |
Manager |
County Limerick Childcare Committee |
OUR VISION:
“Our vision is of a county where all people are encouraged and enabled to participate in sport”
Sport Defined:
- activities of daily living
- physical education
- exercise for fitness
- active play
- aphysical recreation
- organised sport
TARGET GROUPS INCLUDE:
- Girls and Women
- Young People
- Migrants
- Travellers
- Disadvantaged Communities
- Older People
- People with a Disability
FOCUS AREAS:
- Sports Sector
- Primary Schools
- Communities