Sean McAnuff (Co. Antrim) and Liam O’Brien (Co. Cavan) embark on their quest to secure Ireland a spot at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games when the Irish Wolfhounds line up for the first ISU Short Track World Tour event of the season in Montreal, Canada this week (9-12 October). The two Irish skaters race across three […]
Julianna Farrell (18) has finished in 32nd place in the women’s event at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Solidarity Cup in Gdansk, Poland earlier today. The Irish Junior Women’s champion got her first Junior Grand Prix event off to a start yesterday in the Short Programme. The beginning of her routine proved […]
Julianna Farrell (18) makes her first appearance on the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating at the Solidarity Cup in Gdansk, Poland this week (2-4 October 2025). The 2025 Irish Junior champion made her international debut at Cranberry Cup in Norwood, United States of America where she finished 18th. She becomes the 10th athlete […]
Team Ireland’s figure skaters have concluded their competition earlier today at the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Olympic Qualifier 2025 in Beijing, China missing out on securing a quota place at next February’s Winter Olympic Games in Milano-Cortina, Italy. Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus laid down a solid performance on the opening day in […]
Dillon Judge (Men’s Singles – Co. Down) and Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus (Ice Dance – Co. Wexford) have arrived in Beijing, China ahead of this weekend’s ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025, the final opportunity for figure skaters to secure quota places for their nations at next February’s Olympic Winter Games Milano […]
The final opportunity for figure skaters to earn quota places for their countries at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games is the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 – Beijing to be held at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China on 19-21 September 2025. Ireland will be represented by Dillon Judge (Men’s […]
Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus (Co. Wexford) have opened the 2025/2026 season by taking a silver medal in the Senior Ice Dance event at the International Ice Dance Dordrecht in the Netherlands this weekend. The three-time Irish champions performed two new routines for the first time internationally and it was a valuable opportunity to compete […]
In her competition debut representing Ireland, Julianna Farrell has finished 18th in the Junior Women’s event at the Cranberry Cup International in Norwood, United States of America. The 2025 Irish Junior champion had a rocky start to her short programme when she fell on a planned triple Salchow combination and popped the proscribed loop jump […]
The Ice Skating Association of Ireland has selected the following athletes to represent Ireland in international competitions during the 2025/2026 season: Figure Skating Senior Men – Dillon Judge (County Antrim) Senior Ice Dance – Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus (County Wexford) Junior Women – Julianna Farrell (County Cork), Eeva O’Brien (County Wicklow) Short Track Speed Skating Senior […]
Short track speed skater Ryan McAnuff (30) has decided to hang up his skates and retire from elite competition. McAnuff has been a trailblazer for Irish short track speed skating. Along with his brother Sean McAnuff, he began representing Ireland internationally in August 2016. He made his debut on the ISU World Cup circuit that […]