Irish FA Licensing Committee grants record number of club licences
The Irish Football Association’s Licensing Committee has granted a record number of licences to clubs in Northern Ireland.
The UEFA, Premiership, Promotion and Championship licences are valid for the 2021-22 season and were awarded following “an immense effort” during unprecedented times, according to Licensing Committee chairman Allen McKinstry.
As part of the Irish FA’s ongoing implementation of club licensing policies, the committee met via video conference last night to consider applications for the award of the various licences – and granted a record 55 licences in total.
In line with current UEFA, Premiership, Promotion and Championship Licensing manuals, applicant clubs were assessed in five key areas: sporting, infrastructure/safety, personnel and administration, legal and financial.
One further Covid-19-related death was yesterday recorded in Northern Ireland, as well as 98 new cases Marie Louise McConville 29 April, 2021 01:00
ONE further Covid-19 related death was yesterday recorded in Northern Ireland bringing the overall number of fatalities so far to 2,144.
There were also 98 new cases reported meaning that since the beginning of the pandemic last March, there have been 119,992 positive cases recorded in the north.
The majority of the new cases were recorded in the Derry and Strabane area, where there were 23 followed by Belfast (16) and the Causeway Coast and Glens (14).
Eleven new cases were also detected in Mid Ulster, nine in Newry, Mourne and Down, eight in Antrim and Newtownabbey, seven in Fermanagh and Omagh, and Mid and East Antrim, two in Lisburn and Castlereagh and one in Ards and North Down.
All Ireland-winning mum and daughter camogie duo team up in healthcare business Former Armagh camogie player Aine French and her daughter Hannah, a member of the Orchard County s current All Ireland-winning Premier Junior Camogie side Gail Bell
Aine French is a manager with US-based aloe vera products company Forever Living
THE pandemic may have brought many unexpected health and financial worries, but for All Ireland medal-winning former camogie player Aine French it has also opened doors to new health-inspired opportunities.
The Lurgan mum-of-four – whose daughter Hannah recently joined her in the sporting hall of fame after herself becoming an All Ireland winner last December – has never been busier, recruiting for global wellness brand Forever Living, which manufactures and markets a range of aloe vera products.
The Women’s Resource and Development Agency’s (WRDA) ground-breaking online screening awareness programme was originally developed to help tackle inequalities in the uptake of cancer screening as those living in deprived circumstances may be less likely to attend.
The programme is for both groups and individuals and can be accessed in three ways: through scheduled group Zoom sessions; through a pre-recorded webinar and through a short animated video.
The aim is to raise awareness, explore and address fears surrounding bowel cancer screening and encourage people to use the new test kit when it is sent to them.
The work is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA).