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BBC Northern Ireland ( Irish: BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland . BBC Northern Ireland is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English ...
Jackie FullertonMBE. John Alexander Fullerton, [1] MBE [2] (born 22 May 1943 in Ballymena [1]) is a Northern Irish television presenter and journalist, who was a reporter and football commentator for BBC Northern Ireland until he retired in 2016. However, he made a return in 2020 to commentate on Ballymena United matches for their live ...
Northern Ireland. Presented by. BBC Northern Ireland. First awarded. 2003. The BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year is an annual sports award organised by BBC Northern Ireland .
The NIFL Premiership was established as the IFA Premiership in 2008 under the auspices of the Irish Football Association as the successor to the Irish Premier League, before the Northern Ireland Football League was created for the start of the 2013–14 season. At the end of the season, the champion club is presented with the Gibson Cup.
Sport in Northern Ireland plays an important role in the lives of many Northern Irish people. Most sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example rugby union, Gaelic games, basketball, rugby league, hockey, and cricket, whereas others, like association football and netball are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland. [1]
Ireland (1930) Northern Ireland competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. [1] It was the twentieth Games participation for Northern Ireland. Lawn bowler Martin McHugh and boxer Michaela Walsh were the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [2]
Little is currently the host of Sky Sports's coverage of Northern Ireland international football and Irish League Premiership matches and also presents regularly on Sky Sports News. He also presents BBC Northern Ireland 's Out of the Blue live arts programme with Joanne Salley , and appeared on The One Show with two short films about the Titanic in April 2012.
Budget. £31,304,000 (2011-12) Staff. 83. Website. www .sportni .net. Formerly called. Sports Council of Northern Ireland. Sport Northern Ireland ( Irish: Spórt Thuaisceart Éireann) is the regional government sports council (funding body) for Northern Ireland .