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Student Sport Ireland (SSI), formerly the Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI), is a non-governmental organisation, recognised as the governing body for sport in third-level education in Ireland, working with educational institutions and the governing bodies of specific sports. CUSAI was originally formed in 2005 following the merger of the Irish Student Sports Association and the Council of University Sports Administrators in Ireland. It was renamed in 2013. The organisation receives some financial support from
Sport Ireland Sport Ireland (), formerly the Irish Sports Council, is a statutory authority that oversees, and partly funds, the development of sport within Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the National Sports Campus in the townland of Sheephill ...
. As of 2025, SSI reportedly had three full-time employees based in Sport HQ at the National Sports Campus. The organisation coordinates participation in international programmes, including the multi sport
FISU World University Games The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "Universi ...
(or Universiade) and FISU Championships. SSI also assists other sports governing bodies, and third level institutions, to develop competition and recreation programmes.


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All-Ireland All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) is a term used to describe organisations and events whose interests extend over the entire island of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Irelan ...
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List of British and Irish varsity matches A varsity match in Britain and Ireland is a fixture, especially of a sporting event or team, between university A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in se ...
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Sport in Ireland Sport in Ireland plays an important role in Irish society. The many sports played and followed in Ireland include Gaelic games (including Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and Gaelic handball, handball), association football, horse racing, sh ...


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Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...