This year's Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs week will take place from 12-16 May, with a different set of boards every night. Since we joined this tournament a few years ago, the feedback has been that the usual week (in December) was unsuitable for some clubs...

It was another busy weekend of bridge. We had the CBAI's National Confined Pairs and Teams Championships (for the Lambert Cup and Cooper Cup respectively) and the National Novice Pairs Championship (for the JJ Murphy Trophy) in the Loughrea Hotel and Spa. Well done in...

Members are hereby notified that the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland will take place in the Greenway Manor Hotel Waterford on Saturday 5 July, starting at 2 p.m. All members are entitled to attend, and there will be the...

We are also pleased to report that the annual IBU Seniors Congress in the Cavan Crystal Hotel during the week was a great success, with total playing numbers up more than 10% on the previous year. Many thanks to Aileen Timoney, for all her work on this congress over...

We have two further bridge outings to bring to the attention of our members. Roselawn Bridge Club is organising a bridge holiday to Alvor, Portugal, from 11-18 October, in conjunction with Midland Travel, and all bridge players are welcome. You'll find full details...

As 2026 is a European National Teams Championship year, we will have two sets of international trials this season, one set for the IBU to select the teams for the Europeans, and one set for the CBAI to select the teams for the home international series. It will be a...

The European Bridge League's Transnational Championships will be held at the Congress Centre in Poznan, Poland, from 21 June to 5 July. Registration is now open on the EBL microsite, and the EBL has also introduced a new initiative, a "partnership desk" which can be...