Sport Ireland has facilitated a number of webinars and panel discussions on various topics relating to women in sport. The webinars are aimed at women and girls and those who support them in sport.

Re-watch the webinars below. 

Menopause & Physical Activity Webinar

Dr Diane Cooper and Irene Clark discuss everything menopause related, from symptoms to changes in the body, nutrition and exercise-related guidelines. Whether you’re trying to get back exercising, or an active female now experiencing symptoms of menopause, this webinar will provide tips, guidelines and engaging interviews to help you on your journey. This webinar was delivered during Women in Sport Week 2023.

Respect & Allyship 

To mark International Women's week 2022, Sport Ireland Coaching's Adrian Byrne hosted a webinar with Niamh Buffini, Cliodhna O'Connor and Sue Ramsbottom to discuss their experience as women who have navigated a space where certain bias or perceptions have existed, or still exist, or where men have been or currently are an ally of women and support them in their achievements. 

Women traditionally make up less numbers when it comes to coaching and officiating. This is even more so the case when women break the mold and coach/officiate male athletes or sports. This narrative is changing and speeding up every day. Join the conversation to find out how you can be an ally of and to women in officiating and coaching and help excel this momentum.

Rewatch the webinar here. 

Women in Officiating 

To mark International Women's Day 2021 and the release of the Sport Ireland Women in Coaching Research Report, Sport Ireland Coaching hosted a webinar with Maggie Farrelly and Michelle O'Neill to discuss their experience as top level officials and the pathways available to women to get involved in refereeing and officiating. 

Rewatch the webinar here. 

Coaching the Female Athlete:

Sport Ireland Coaching hosted a presentation and Q&A with coaches to discover how each of them gets the best out of the athletes they coach and the experiences they have of coaching women.

Hear from Hayley Harrison (Sport Ireland), Sue Ronan (Football Coach), Jon Mackey (Kickboxing Coach) and  Fran Ronan (Swim  Coach and Wexford Sports Partnership)

Watch the webinar here. 

Go with the Flow- Menstrual Cycle and the Female Athlete

Facilitated by Dr. Sharon Madigan, Performance Nutritionist at the Sport Ireland Institute, Go with the Flow – Menstrual Cycle and the Female Athlete included a presentation from Dr. Kirsty Elliott Sale on her recent research followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Katie Leydon and Irish boxing champion Ceire Smith.

Watch the webinar here. 

Active During Pregnancy

This panel discussion featured facilitator Tarja Owens, Naomi Sturdy of Elements Yoga, Yvonne Byrne former Mayo Ladies Goalkeeper and Sinead Brophy of FFS Gyms. The webinar provided insight from current mums, mums to be and experts working in the fitness industry with pregnant women. All views presented were the individual speakers opinions and anyone looking for advice or to be active during pregnancy is encouraged to seek  medical advice.

Watch the webinar here. 

New Mums and Exercising

Led by Fiona Oppermann ths panel discussion featured Tarja Owens and Lynne Cantwell and covered topics such as recommendations for a safe return to exercising for newly postpartum women  and things to be aware of and consider. The session will end with a demonstration of some gentle exercises that are useful for new moms.  All views presented were the individual speakers opinions and anyone looking for advice or to be active during or post pregnancy is encouraged to seek  medical advice.

Watch the webinar here. 

Watch the exercise demonstration here.