O2 Ireland Adds Irish Schools Team to Rugby Sponsorship Portfolio

O2 Ireland, Official Mobile Communications Supplier to the IRFU, formally announced its sponsorship of the Ireland Schools Rugby Team at a ceremony on the pitch at half time of Saturday’s international.

The announcement was made by Danuta
Gray,
Chief Executive Officer, O2 Ireland, with IRFU President John Quilligan and Caleb Powell, Chairman, Schools Sub Committee, IRFU in attendance.

The O2 Ireland Schools Rugby Team will play Wales at Donnybrook on
Saturday
week, April 3rd (kick off 6 pm) and also England and France away on
April 9th
and 17th.

The O2 Irish Schools sponsorship will cover the next three
seasons and will also include a country wide O2 rugby summer camp for
boys
and girls, details of which will be announced later.

Ms. Catherine Tiernan, Head of Sponsorship, O2 Ireland said, O2 is
delighted to augment our support of Irish rugby by adding the Irish
Schools
Team to our sponsorship portfolio. These are very exciting times in
the game
and it is important that the age group at schools level be given every
encouragement as we all look to further enhance the future prospects
of
Irish rugby.

O2 Ireland is a proud and longstanding supporter of Irish rugby at
international, provincial and club levels. As well as being the
Official
Mobile Communications Supplier to the IRFU, O2 is an Official
Associate
Sponsor of European Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-finalists,
Connacht. O2 is
also the main sponsor of Shannon Rugby’s Senior Team and is an
Official
Associate Sponsor to Irish team coach Eddie O’Sullivan, Irish team
captain
Brian O’Driscoll and the former Irish international star, Mick Galwey.