We already have quite a number of clubs back to live bridge, and the reports have been good. Numbers have been smaller than usual in places, although some clubs have been up to 13-15 tables, but the feedback is that everyone is glad to be back amongst their friends...

The Duais an Uachtarain, which was postponed in September, will now be held on Saturday 30 October, in the Kingsley Hotel in Cork (please note the change of venue - not UCC as had been advised at one point). The competition, which is open to Master and Intermediate A...

The winners in the Limerick Bridge Congress, which took place virtually on BBO over the weekend of 8-10 October, were: Mixed Pairs - Zrinka Kokot & Pat McDaid Congress Pairs - Davy Noonan & Terry O'Hara Area Master Pairs - Marie O'Sullivan & Horst Rosler...

Congratulations to Drogheda Congress on being the first major event to return to live bridge. Although numbers were limited in the ABCD Centre over the weekend, everyone felt safe and all were delighted to return to the bridge table and hold the cards in their hands...

Thanks to all who entered the anagram competition from the Newsletter, and to the Dromhall Hotel in Killarney for their generous offer of the lovely prize of a weekend for two in the newly refurbished hotel. Everyone who responded got the answers right, although there...

Unfortunately, our plan to hold both the Duais an Uachtarain and the Spiro Cup as live multi-venue events at their normal time in the calendar has been thwarted by the fact that a lot of the venues we were hoping to use either will not be open at all on the dates we...

Today is a momentous day for the CBAI. We say (a reluctant) goodbye to Paul Porteous, who has been at the helm of the organisation for the best part of thirty years, and has played a very substantial role in its development and growth. Thanks to all the regions,...

The honour of hosting the first large-scale return to live face-to-face bridge falls to Drogheda Congress, which will be held in-person at the ABCD Bridge Centre in Drogheda. The events this season are: Thursday 30 Sept – Intermediate B/Novice Pairs Championship...