Board of Directors

Vision Sports Ireland is a subsidiary of Vision Ireland, with a strong Board of Directors supporting the leadership and governance of the organisation. 

Vision Sports Ireland Non-Executive Board Members (2026): 

• Mr Barry Ennis (Chairperson)
• Mr Patrick Doherty
• Ms Siobhán Tracey
• Dr Frances Murphy
• Ms Yvonne Comer

Governance Code

Vision Sports Ireland is fully compliant with the Sport Ireland Governance Code for Sport. Vision Sports Ireland is a Type B Organisation and has been included on the official registry of compliant organisations since 2021, and formally re-declared compliance in April 2024 Vision Sports Ireland has completed an annual review and re-declared compliance to the code again on May 27th 2026. This registry and a copy of the Sport Ireland governance code can be found below:

As a registered charity, Vision Sports Ireland is also fully compliant to the Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA) Charities Governance Code. Vision Sports Ireland has re-declared compliance to the code on May 27th 2026. A copy of the CRA Charities Governance Code can be found below:

Strategy

Beyond Vision 2025 – 2028 is Vision Sports Ireland’s ambitious new national strategy, designed to ensure that every person who is blind or vision impaired can access sport and physical activity wherever and whenever they choose.

The strategy signals a major cultural shift, moving beyond participation numbers to a nationwide commitment to inclusion, accessibility, and lifelong wellbeing.

Through Beyond Vision 2025 – 2028, Vision Sports Ireland will:

• Champion leadership in accessibility and inclusion by setting national benchmarks, convening the sector, and embedding inclusive practice across sport and physical activity
• Strengthen pathways across the lifecycle to ensure children, adults, and older people who are blind or vision impaired can access meaningful participation and progression at every life stage
• Promote sectoral awareness and cultural change by driving education, training, and policy influence so inclusion is understood, valued, and embedded across sport and society
• Amplify from within by ensuring lived experience shapes programmes, campaigns, advocacy, and evidence, and by elevating member and community voices
• Lead through governance excellence by embedding the highest standards of compliance, strengthening Board effectiveness, and ensuring transparent, accountable reporting

Beyond Vision 2025 – 2028