Irish Sailing are delighted to welcome Luke Murphy as the new Safeguarding Officer and National Children’s Officer. Luke has over 17 years of safeguarding experience working with Connacht Rugby and the IRFU and has a broad knowledge base delivering values-based education programmes for multiple sports across Ireland.
Speaking about the appointment Luke said:
“I’m delighted to join the team at Irish Sailing, it’s a wonderful organisation and the openness and willingness to help from everyone is clearly evident. I’m really looking forward to working with the broader sailing community to foster best practice in safeguarding and helping to create child-centred sports environments that enable young people to flourish.”
Clubs and Affiliates can contact Luke in relation to safeguarding issues via e-mail: safeguarding@sailing.ie or (01) 2710113 .