The Ireland women's national basketball team represents Ireland in International women's basketball, the team play in Eurobasket Women Division B (second tier of international women's basketball in Europe). the team is coached by Mark Scannell and plays their home games in the National Basketball Arena

National Basketball Arena

National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena or the ESB Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is used mainly for basketball events...

 in Tallaght

Tallaght

Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin County, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.Up to the 1960s...

.In February 2010, with the Republic of Ireland in the midst of a serious economic decline, Basketball Ireland announced that it was €1.2m in debt and was deactivating its senior international squads to cut costs.

Squad

Michelle Aspell:   Bausch & Lomb Wildcats

Aishling Sullivan:   Dart Killester

Rachel Clancy:   Cal Pony- San Luis Obispo

Niamh Dwyer:   Montenotte Hotel Cork

Susan Moran: Unattached

Lindsay Peat:   DCU Mercy

DCU Mercy

DCU Mercy is the women's basketball of Dublin City University. They won Irish Women's superleague in 2007.They currently have two players playing on the Ireland women's basketball team.-Honours:* Women's Superleague: 2007...

Mary Fox:   DCU Mercy

DCU Mercy

DCU Mercy is the women's basketball of Dublin City University. They won Irish Women's superleague in 2007.They currently have two players playing on the Ireland women's basketball team.-Honours:* Women's Superleague: 2007...

Emma Dyer:   Tolka Rovers

Caroline Jane Nixon:   Arranz-Jopisa Burgos

Stephanie O'Shea:   Bausch & Lomb Wildcats