Basketball Ireland

Basketball Ireland
SportBasketball
JurisdictionIreland
AbbreviationBI
Founded1945
AffiliationFIBA
HeadquartersNational Basketball Arena, Dublin
PresidentMargaret Miley
ChairmanSeamas Donnelly
CEOJohn Feehan
Official website
ireland.basketball

Basketball Ireland (BI; Irish: Cispheil Éireann[1]) is the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland. Part of FIBA Europe, the European governing body, and of FIBA, the World governing body, BI is responsible for the promotion and administration of basketball throughout Ireland and for Irish international participation. The organisation was founded in 1945 as the Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland (ABAI). The name of the organisation changed from the original ABAI to the Irish Basketball Association (IBA) in 1980.[2]

BI operates as a conduit with Government Departments, particularly the Department of Transport, Arts, Tourism & Sport who have significantly funded BI in the past. BI is also the main conduit for the Irish Sports Council who provide significant funding.

BI positions itself as a service centre for all levels of the game, facilitating all aspects of promoting and running the sport. At national level, BI acts under the direction of the Board of Basketball Ireland whose remit includes financial governance and business strategy formation. BI also supports the National Council, the body on which every facet of the sport is represented, which acts as the sport policy formation and activation centre of the sport. BI seeks to promote the game, in all its forms, to supporters and prospective supporters by emphasising the great attributes of basketball.[3]

  1. ^ "The Irish Sports Council Report and Financial Statements 2006" (PDF). sportireland.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Irish Basketball - A Brief History". Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  3. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-01-31.