We are in the process of putting together the material for this year's (virtual) CBAI Newsletter, and felt that this represented a good opportunity to seek some feedback from members on a topic that many of us knew nothing about this time eighteen months ago but which...

The Ballina Congress was held virtually on BBO over the weekend of 9-11 July in aid of cancer charities in Mayo, Sligo, and Limerick. Thanks to all who supported it, and to Fearghal O'Boyle, Mairéad Basquille, Diarmuid Reddan, and Huey Daly for making sure everything...

The 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held virtually over Zoom on Saturday 3 July, at 14:00. In light of the public health restrictions currently in place, and the limitations of the technology available to us, unfortunately this year’s event of...

Bridge: A Mind Sport for All (BAMSA) is a charitable project based at the University of Stirling in Scotland, under the direction of Professor Samantha Punch (who is also a Scottish international bridge player). At the end of this month, BAMSA is hosting an online...

We are delighted to highlight recent news on two of the "notables" of Irish bridge. Many congratulations to former CBAI President and stalwart supporter Kay Downes who recently celebrated her 90th birthday. The cake would appear to have been doused with quite a...

Well done to Feargal O'Boyle and his team for running this year's Yeats Country (Sligo) Bridge Congress as a charity event, with all proceeds from the congress being donated to cancer charities in Sligo, Mayo, and Limerick. Our thanks to all who attended. The winners...

Many thanks to "Aces & Knaves" director Jackie Paré for chairing an excellent Zoom session on Sunday night after the Grand Master Bridge Congress, and to local participants Tom Hanlon, Thomas MacCormac, Fearghal O'Boyle, and John Connolly, and of course all the...

The new Grand Master Bridge online bridge academy will hold its first congress virtually on RealBridge over the bank holiday weekend, with events for all grades, and over single sessions, which will mean you can play bridge AND catch some of the good weather. Full...

The Egan Trophy (the IBU national teams championship) was held virtually on RealBridge over the weekend of 29-30 May, and the leading places were occupied by: 1st Nick FitzGibbon, Adam Mesbur, John Carroll, Mark Moran, Tom Hanlon, Tommy Garvey 2nd Dave Ryan, Tomas...