Cheersport Ireland held their awards ceremony in Galway on Saturday evening.
Last April, Ireland won its first world medal in cheerleading and earned its highest senior team placement to date at the 2025 International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida.
A team of 18 athletes, aged 12-14, from counties Galway and Kerry, secured a bronze medal in the youth coed median division.
It is the first time an Irish national cheer team has medaled at the ICU World Championships.
Another team, made up of 17 athletes from Galway, Killarney, Enniskillen and Belfast, finished in seventh place, the highest ever placement for an Irish senior cheerleading team at the event.
President of Cheersport Ireland Fiona Collumb and team members Sarah Dalton, Layla Rose Arnold and Ben McNamara, all from Tuam, joined John in the studio.
Layla Rose, Ben, Sarah and Fiona with John following their interview on Galway Bay FM
