President Higgins received the Irish Women’s Ultimate Frisbee European Championship Winners.
In July this year, President Higgins sent his congratulations to the team, saying their win at the European championships constituted “a wonderful milestone in the history of this fast-growing sport.”
The Irish Flying Disc Association is an official partner of the ‘20x20 If She Can’t See It, She Can’t Be It’ campaign, which aims to change Ireland’s cultural perception of women’s sport by 2020 and to increase media coverage, attendance and female participation numbers by 20 percent.