Irish Street League - Homeless World Cup

14/05/2026

IHSL All Ireland Competition 2026 ☘️

A massive thank you to all who joined us for our annual all-Ireland competition last week 💚 and a huge thank you to Amazon for capturing the spirit of the day! ☘️🧡

02/05/2026

IHSL’s All Ireland Street Soccer finals tournament 2026.

The finals took place at the AstroPark in Tallaght, Highlighting the strong sense of inclusion at the heart of the league, twenty-eight teams from all over Ireland –including 8 female teams - battled it out for top honours in a superb display of skill, agility and sportsmanship.
The culmination of the tournament saw Street Soccer Belfast clinch victory with a narrow 2-1 Victory over defending champions Grange Utd, Mullingar.
In the female section, Limerick outgunned the experienced Street League legends team by a 2-0 scoreline.
The Amazon Fair Play Trophy went to Merchant Quay’s Step to freedom, Dublin with Conor Heggerty [Belfast] winning the male Player Of The Tournament Award and Abbie Awaye [Limerick] winning the Female Player of the Tournament award. The goalkeeper awards going to Fintan Smyth ( Pearse St) and Sinead Myler (Waterford).
SDCC Mayor’s representative Cllr Alan Edge along with Ireland legend Niall Quinn, St Patrick’s Athletic manager Stephen Kenny Amazon’s Lauren Mcdermott-Smith and ddletb’s Martin Mcentee presented the trophies also in attendance were Clondalkin’s TD Mark Ward and FAI’s Declan Barron.
The tournament finals day sponsored by Amazon and supported by ddlebt
A special word of thanks to all the players and volunteers who made this such a special day.

-A Ball can change a life –

Photos of the tournament can be downloaded by logging on to https://mark5media.pixieset.com/irishhomelessstreetleaguesallireland2026/

01/05/2026

An absolutely huge congratulations to and .ie, as “Long Balconies” wins Best Charity Film at this year’s ! ☘️💚

“Long Balconies” is a short documentary produced by Dublin-based creative studio Vibrant and directed by Cara Gaynor, focusing on themes of community and housing, with screenings at festivals like Catalyst International Film Festival in 2026. It is a Vibrant.ie production in collaboration with the Irish Homeless Street League.

We couldn’t be prouder 💚☘️

20/04/2026

27/03/2026

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, our coaches Mary and Tucker visited Midlands Prison today. They ran a drop-in session, speaking with participants about how they can get involved in our programmes ☘️

26/03/2026

Brilliant day today in the Dóchas Centre, where Seàn, Frances, Dionne, Mary, and Tucker were invited in to speak with the women as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. They shared insights on the positive impact football can have on mental health and discussed how the women can get involved in our weekly sessions, both inside the Dóchas and through the Link programme outside.

13/02/2026

Great time playing with St. Catherine's Street League ⚽️. Every Friday evening in St. Catherine's Sports Centre on Marrowbone Lane. Free to play and everyone welcome 😃. Well Done Irish Street League - Homeless World Cup 👏 ⚽️.

10/02/2026

Catch coaches Tucker and Mary this Sunday morning on Dublin South FMs Sunday Morning Lie-In with Paul Mathews as part of his friends around the table segment! ☘️

Show will be on Dublin South FM Sunday morning between 11am and 1pm or listen on 93.9fm on the radio or through their website at
https://dublinsouthfm.ie/listen-live/

Thanks so much to Paul and all at Dublin South FM for inviting us on and all their support 💚🇮🇪

29/01/2026

Down at our Coolmine Drop In Leagues ☘️

21/01/2026

I am very sad to announce the passing of Paul O’Neill who represented Ireland at the Homeless World Cup in Brazil 2010. Paul was goalkeeper in that excellent team who reached the Q finals of the competition. Paul was not only a great keeper but he had a keen sense of humour and bonded easily with all he came into contact with. He will be remembered fondly by all his teammates and staff who had the privilege to be in his company as part of that team in Brazil 2010. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Rest in Peace Paul