Shane Scanlon made the move earlier in 2025 from USA private health & fitness, to Australia, to join the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project team when he was awarded a PhD scholarship. I caught […]
Category: Profiles
Associate Professor Sean Healy Named Fellow of the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity
Associate Professor Sean Healy has been named a Fellow of the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA). This prestigious honour was conferred at the 2025 International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity, held earlier this […]
Book Chapter: The Irish Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Workforce: An Example of Collective Action for High Impact
Chapter Summary: This is the first book chapter that offers an in-depth description of the Irish Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (PESP) Workforce. It is the product of a collaboration from key PE stakeholders (e.g., PE […]
USA to International Hockey to Researcher: Tabitha Billingham IRIS Researcher Profile – Professor ian kenny & Tabitha Billingham.
Tabitha (Tabby) Billingham made the move earlier in 2024 from USA undergraduate study to field hockey playing and coaching in Germany and Australia, to join the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project team when she […]
My experience as a MSc Sport & Exercise Performance Psychology student – tim marron
What is your current role? I work as a sport psychology consultant, having recently set up my own consultancy: Tim Marron Sport Psychology. I am currently undertaking a role with Dolphin RFC and work with […]
Rugby Player to Coach to Researcher: Kilian Bibby IRIS Researcher Profile.
Kilian Bibby made the move earlier in 2023 from rugby strength and conditioning coach in France to join the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project team. I caught up with Kilian to ask him a […]
PESS Graduates Contribute to Women in Sport: Female Coaches Networking Day – dr. philip kearney.
Photograph credit @MarkSmythy Early November saw Ireland’s first Women in Sport Female Coaches Networking Day take place at the Clayton Hotel in Dublin, and gradates of the Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences played […]
From Physiotherapy to Injury Epidemiology: a Rugby Sports Medicine PhD with IRIS – Prof ian kenny.
I took 30 minutes to talk to new Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) PhD researcher Lauren Guilfoyle about her recent change from physiotherapy duties to join us in UL….. Where is home originally? Home is […]
From Physiotherapy to Injury Epidemiology: a Rugby Sports Medicine PhD with IRIS – Prof ian kenny.
I took 30 minutes to talk to new Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) PhD researcher Lauren Guilfoyle about her recent change from physiotherapy duties to join us in UL….. Where is home originally? Home is […]
Not a case of a fish out of water for Lorna Barry; leveraging MSc Sports Performance learning for innovative practice with Swim Ireland.
Q1) What course did you study for your undergraduate degree and where did you study it? I studied a BSc in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Limerick and I graduated in 2009. […]
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