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...

No joy for the Irish team in the Lady Milne Trophy, we are sorry to report. The team never really recovered from a slow start, and finished in fourth place. Congratulations to the winners, the EBU (the second English team, which is their honour as hosts of the event)...

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...

The weekend of 11-13 April sees the Lady Milne Trophy (Women's Home International Championship) being hosted by England in Bristol. All the matches will be broadcast, with a short delay, on RealBridge, including audio commentary on some tables from a panel of expert...

Last weekend saw both the Tralee Congress and the Greystones Open week events. The prizewinners were: Tralee Congress: Congress Pairs: Rory Boland & Derek O'Gorman Intermediate Pairs: Joan Lenihan & Pauline Lyne Intermediate B/Novice Pairs: Liz & Redmond...

A reminder that the weekend ahead sees two bridge events in different areas of the country, Greystones Open Week in the Greystones Bridge Centre from Thursday to Sunday, and Tralee Bridge Congress in the Rose Hotel, Tralee, from Friday to Sunday, with all welcome....