Lidl Plus LGFA Club Rewards SchemeContinuing the momentum of its ‘Get Behind the Fight Campaign’ to smash inequality in sport and provide #SeriousSupport to Ladies Gaelic Football, Lidl Ireland has announced the return of its Lidl Plus LGFA Club Rewards Scheme, which gives communities the chance to support their local clubs and earn rewards through its stamp card initiative.Lidl customers can NOW register through the Lidl Plus app and sign up to be part of the rewards scheme to earn rewards..

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Female Referee Academy:The three Gaelic Games Associations have launched a major new initiative aimed at supporting the development and pathway for female referees across football, Ladies football, hurling and camogie. The Camogie Association, LGFA and GAA have collaborated to secure the support of the Sport Ireland Women in Sport Fund and will run the programme throughout 2025.The Female Referee Academy has been devised to develop aspiring female referees aged 18+ years within the Gaelic Games..

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LGFA National Volunteer Awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the LGFA Volunteer award winners especially to our own Niall Scully who was presented with the 'Local Journalist of the Year award' on Friday evening last for his coverage of ladies football within Dublin. Niall Scully has been covering and promoting Ladies in Dublin both at club and County level coming up on four decades now. Dublin LGFA was founded in 1985 and Niall was one of the first journalists to give the association much n..

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CALLING OUT …Current ‘Go Games’ referees who would like to take the next step in their refereeing journey by moving up to officiate U13 to U16 club juvenile fixtures. We would also welcome CCC2 referees to apply for this course. Dublin LGFA are holding an ‘Introduction to Refereeing at Youth Level’ course on Sunday the 16th of Feb from 10am to 4pm at St Anne's GAA club hall, Bohernabreena, Tallaght. Course participants will ... ▪️Be introduced to the playing rules for games at U..

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DID YOU KNOW:The Child Safeguarding 1 online Refresher Course allows coaches and other volunteers who have already attended a full face to face Safeguarding 1 session in the past 3 years to refresh the course online. It is also important to note that one cannot complete 2 online refresher courses in succession - a refresher course MUST be followed by a full workshop if one is to maintain their cover.  The refresher course is an interactive eLearning course split into 6 separate modules.  You ..

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Provincial Female Leadership programme.Apply by January 17th 2025 for our next Provincial Female Leadership programme, secured through the support of the Sport Ireland Women in Sport fund!The Gaelic Games Associations are delighted to announce that the ground-breaking Leading Provincial Females programme is now open for registration for the 2025 in-take. Last July, 76 participants successfully graduated from the 2023/2024 Leading Provincial Females programme, an initiative made possible by the S..

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Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway) 0-13 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-9By Daire Walsh Chloe Miskell kicked four points at Croke Park on Saturday as Kilkerrin-Clonberne held off a strong challenge from Kilmacud Crokes to claim their fourth consecutive AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Championship title. In a repeat of last year’s epic semi-final clash between the same two teams – which was eventually won by Kilkerrin-Clonberne after extra-time – Miskell was ably-assisted in the scoring stakes by Olivi..

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Go Games Referee Recruitment: As the curtain comes down on our playing season many clubs post AGM will turn their attention to planning for 2025. One area that should be on every clubs plan is referee development. Now is the time to identify club members to train up as Go Games referees ahead of the new playing season. Traditionally clubs look to their teenage membership to recruit Go Games referees which is perfectly fine however another option often not considered - Parents of Go Games Play..

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Lauren Magee passionate about Crokes' causeBy Cian O’ConnellIn a decade Kilmacud Crokes ladies footballers have travelled a significant distance.Lauren Magee knows about the setbacks and defeats, wondering would Kilmacud ever glean senior silverware in the capital. Crokes persevered. “One hundred per cent, we were only looking at it, 10 years ago, we won intermediate, we actually played Castleisland Desmonds in the semi-final,” Magee says ahead of Saturday’s eagerly anticipated AIB All-I..

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Dublin Annual Convention 2024.The Annual Convention of Dublin LGFA took place on Saturday last. A well-attended and engaging meeting was held at the Westmanstown sports complex. The AGM book produced for the event is available to download click on the link at the bottom of this page.We wish our 2025 Executive Committee the very best of luck for the coming year and thank all our volunteers for their service, commitment and dedication to our sport in the capital. In 2025 Dublin LGFA will celebr..

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