Ireland shared both the boys and girls Under-16 three-game series in Dundee over the weekend, each side winning, drawing and losing one game a piece in front of good crowds in fine weather.
The Ireland O-45s Masters management have announced the squad for the upcoming FIH Masters World Cup in Rotterdam, running from the 5th to 13th June.
Railway Union produced Ireland’s first win in the top tier of European women’s club hockey as they saw off Azerbaijan side Atasport 5-2 in their seventh place Club Champions Cup playoff in Den Bosch.
A famous result if not a famous outcome for Railway Union as they produced one of Ireland's best performances in a women's European club competition but, with the tournament taking a knock-out form, but have little to show for their efforts.
New Irish coach Craig Fulton says that he is "90 percent" confident he will have a full panel at his disposal as the summer progresses as he looks to put his personal stamp on the Irish senior men's squad after a helter-skelter start to his tenure.
Ireland's U-18 boys and girls completed clean sweeps against Scotland this week in Dublin with both running up three successive victories.
Ireland put paid to India's perfect record in their three-game series between the sides as they played some scintillating hockey at both ends of the pitch in front of a healthy crowd.
Railway Union's first taste of the top tier of European hockey was a tough one, losing 7-0 to Dutch hosts Den Bosch in the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.
Irish interest in the Euro Hockey League came to a crashing halt in Eindhoven in the past two days with the six players involved all seeing their clubs bow out at the last 16 stage of the world's best club competition.
Ireland were undone by two penalty corners in the first half as they fell 2-1 in their second game in their three game series heading into their last clash on Good Friday.
Cecelia Joyce is beginning to get used to taking on the world's best. Just 12 days since the T20 cricket World Cup concluded in Bangladesh, she is one of three players back on a plane, this time to the Netherlands with Railway Union.
Sarah Greene, captain of UCD’s Hockey team, was last week named The Irish Times / Irish Sports Council ‘Sportswoman of the Month’ for March following UCD's epic run to the Irish Hockey League, Irish Senior Cup and Leinster women's division one treble.
India inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Ireland ladies in the first game in their three-game series in Belfield tonight. Ireland were undone by their inability to get their short-corner routine functioning, whereas India had no such problems with theirs.
Ireland's ladies take on India's women in UCD on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening as part of their respective Champions Challenge I warm-up campaigns that start at the on the April 27 in Glasgow Scotland.
New Irish head coach Craig Fulton has named a fascinating squad for the upcoming Champions Challenge I in Kuantan, Malaysia with the uncapped Maurice Elliott an eye-catching inclusion.
The Ulster Elks landed the last available place in next year's Irish Hockey League in dramatic fashion as they beat Catholic Institute 4-2 on penalties in the wildcard final last Sunday in Milltown.
On the second day of national cup finals at Belfield this weekend, UCD II and Pembroke II took home the Irish Junior Cup titles while Limerick closed out a lively weekend with a comeback win against Portrush
Munster's Cork C of I and Clonakilty made it a memorable day for clubs from the southern province as they won the women's Irish Hockey Trophy and Challenge titles respectively while Newry closed out a stunning season with their third title of 2013/14
St Andrew's made it three John Waring titles in four years in its U-14 format as they swept to five wins from five in Lisnagarvey on Wednesday afternoon, finishing seven points clear of Cookstown HS.
The Irish Hockey League wildcard playoffs looks set to be a fraught affair for Old Alex this weekend with just one place left in the 2014/15 competition with four teams vying for it; six IHA finals also take place over the course of Saturday and Sunday
Craig Fulton's tenure as Irish senior men's hockey coach began with a 3-0 defeat to world number four side England in Reading last night.
Ireland's men play England this evening and tomorrow morning in two challenge matches as part of their build-up to the Champions Challenge I in Malaysia in what will be Craig Fulton's first game in charge.
Railway Union won the reintroduced Wright Carey Cup last weekend as they showed a clean set of heels to Clontarf with Rob Abbott and Rob Devlin firing doubles at Park Avenue.
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