Following from our very successful evening in December, when all 4 Referee Associations/Society came together to learn from Dr Tadgh MacIntrye, the Referee Department are pleased to announce we will be running another event this...

IT WAS DURING the first lockdown last year that Su Carty had a moment of epiphany. Working one of her 12-hour shifts as a psychiatric nurse at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, covered head to toe in...

Planning is currently ongoing for the remainder of the season and, as part of that, the Area Meeting dates for the remainder of the season have been set. All meetings will be continuing as they...

We start this week’s referee corner on another sad note. Our refereeing colleague and good friend Declan Mahon passed away on November 22nd after a short illness. If you look up “Great club man” in...

I started out my refereeing career in 2001 and as I moved through the ranks at a steady pace, a young Sean Gallagher joined a few years later and shot by me. One of Ireland...

Kevin 'Kiwi' Beggs has agreed to join us to provide an insight into the citing and judicial process in the professional and domestic game. For those who don’t know Beggsy, he was an active referee...

We are starting on a sad note this week. We were deeply saddened to see the passing of another of our refereeing colleagues. Ronnie Maher passed away on November 3rd. He was a member of...

It is with great sadness that we have heard of the passing of our refereeing colleague and good friend Declan Mahon earlier this morning. Our condolences to go to his family June, Eoin, Ciara and...

By Trevor McHugh Rugby Union, especially since the advent of professionalism, has widened its appeal and can offer, to the select few, a rewarding career in professional and elite sport. Playing as a career is the opportunity...

Continuing on from the previous two months, the November Area Meetings will be taking place online. The North East and North Midlands will combine for the Monday workshop while the Midlands and South East will...