Irish Champions Festival Terms & Conditions 

Media accreditation, for Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown and The Curragh on Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15, is now open.

All media accreditation applications must be submitted by close of business, Monday September 2nd 2024. No applications can be accepted after this date.

Application does not guarantee accreditation. You will receive notification by email if the application is approved or declined. 

Leopardstown and the Curragh reserves the right to withhold accreditation and each application will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Due to capacity, priority will be given to full-time journalists, broadcasters and photographers who work for recognised publications, TV, and radio stations, who have daily deadlines. 

No applications will be processed from freelance journalists or photographers. Any freelance journalists or photographers wishing to apply will have to get their editors to fill out the application on their behalf. Freelance applications must be accompanied by a company headed letter from the commissioning editor / producer or picture desk editor of the publication, programme (TV or radio), the applicant is representing. 

Media accreditation badges will be sent by post to the address given or left for collection.

All members of the accredited press and photographers are requested to display their allocated press badge and photographer bib once inside the racecourse. This applies to all accredited press and photographers and overrides the AIR (Association of Irish Racecourses) photo armband policy.

AIR press card holders should access the tracks through the AIR turnstiles but are requested to display their Longines Irish Champions Festival press pass once inside the racecourse.

It is a condition when issuing accreditation that your press badge has been allocated to you personally and should not be transferred to another person under any circumstances. Each badge is number allocated and identifiable for this reason.

Failure to comply with conditions of accreditation will result in removal of all privileges and may affect the success of future applications. 

Track and parade ring access is limited and will be issued at the discretion of Leopardstown and the Curragh. 

All photographs who are approved for accreditation must provide evidence of public liability insurance for an industry standard minimum of €6.5 million. Ideally these policies should include an indemnity to the specific racecourse in question. 

Public liability insurance indemnity documents must be emailed to: [email protected]

In the meantime, if you have any further questions, please also email: [email protected]