THE42.IE CLAIMED THE prize for Sports Media Outlet of the year at last night’s Irish Sport Federation awards.
The awards, now in their fourth year, were established to ‘recognise excellence in the Irish sports industry, while highlighting its contribution to the Irish economy’.
Mary Hannigan of the Irish Times won the Jimmy Magee Sports Journalist of the Year Award at the Crowne Plaze Hotel ceremony while other award categories include Best Sporting Event, best Sports Business, Best Sports Innovation and Best 20×20 initiative.
“Irish sport is in rude health right now,” Federation of Irish Sport CEO Mary O’Connor said. “The corporate community invested €140 million in sports sponsorship in 2018 and the Irish Government has recently pledged to double its investment in sport from €111 million annually to €222 million annually over the next 10 years.
“It is important this investment is delivered upon, as it will in turn help improve sporting infrastructures and grow participation rates, which will in turn create further opportunities for corporate investment, sponsorship and collaboration.”
Munster Rugby chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald was honoured for his contribution to Irish sport over the course of his career, meanwhile. Appointed to the position with the southern province in 1999 he oversaw the Reds’ growth on and off the pitch for the past two decades.
Award winners:
- Outstanding Contribution: Garrett Fitzgerald, CEO Munster Rugby
- Sports sponsorship of the year: SoftCo and Hockey Ireland
- Sporting Event of the Year: World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships
- Sporting innovation of the year: 20×20
- Sports business of the year: Orreco
- New Sports Business of the year: Uppercut
- Sports Media Outlet of the year: The42.ie
- Jimmy Magee Sports Journalist of the year: Mary Hannigan, The Irish Times
- National Governing Body of the year: Cricket Ireland
- Local Sports Partnership Initiative of the year: Cork Local Sports Partnership for Staying Fit for the Future
- 20×20 Award: Waterford Local Sports Partnership and FAI Soccer for Girls
- Inclusivity Award: GymAble by Gymnastics Ireland
- Programme to increase participation: Cork Local Sports Partnership Sports Schools Programme
- Social media: AIG
Sara McFadden was also presented with a special recognition award in honour of her achievements as Ireland’s first visually impaired rally car navigator.
I’m glad the comments section is open so that I can pass on my congratulations to you all … so well done!
Well done to the 42. That said I am not a fan of the Irish sports media. They are part of the cosy P.C consensus that exists here. Most of them follow an agenda. Which is obvious if you look at the posts on the site.
Congrats lads and lassies!
Congrats Adrian.well done
Well done.
Well deserved! Congrats all.
I prefer Off The Ball myself.
@Daniel Murray: off the ball has gone to the dogs.. It’s grand if you want to listen to hipster culchies talking on about the Premiership two and a half hours every night.. Newstalk was a much better station was it was only Broadcast in Dublin..
@David Garland: OTB is pure garbage alright especially that morning crap. Just a platform for middle aged Ger Gilroy to sit in a room that looks like the sporting equivalent of Wayne’s World and talk sh ite. It’s utterly cringeworthy. And then there’s the ginger bloke next to him. He has no credibility, at all, yet feels the need to offer his worthless opinions. Haven’t watched or listened to Newstalk in ages. A thoroughly dreadful station.
@David Garland: ‘hipster culchies’. Wow. How dare they go to the great Dublin.
Well done folks, well deserved. One of the best sites for league of Ireland football
Well done to the staff of the42 always thought is was a crap name but otherwise very well done.