Basketball Ireland’s official Instagram account has been restored by Meta, the association has announced.
The association was informed of the incident by email from the company shortly after 5pm on Sunday, stating that the account had been deleted by mistake.
Basketball Ireland said it would like to thank those who helped resolve the issue.
On Sunday, February 11th, I became inaccessible to my Instagram page, and on Wednesday, February 14th, I received an automated message from Meta informing me that my Instagram page had been permanently disabled.
The paper noted that there was “increased media and social media attention” around the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025 qualifying match between Ireland and Israel.
Meanwhile, Ireland men’s head coach Mark Keenan has named three uncapped players in his final 12-man squad for Thursday’s FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifier against Kosovo. In addition to UCC Demons pair James Beckham and David Lehane, the squad also includes Garvey’s Tralee Warriors center Laporas Bouividas, who is in line to make his senior international debut. Six players are on standby and could be drafted into Sunday’s qualifier against Switzerland.
Ireland face Kosovo in Pristina on Thursday at 6pm, before Switzerland visit the National Basketball Arena, finishing at 3pm on Sunday. Both Group A matches will be broadcast live on his TG4 Player.
Final Irish squad of 12:
Adrian O’Sullivan (Ballincollig), Lorcan Murphy (Templeogue), James Beckham (UCC Demons), Neil Randolph (Templeogue), Sean Flood (Den Helder, Netherlands), Conor Quinn (Belfast Star), Jordan Brunt (Energywise Ireland Neptunes), Lapolous Bouividas (Garvey’s Tralee Warriors), James Gormley (Griffith College Eanna), David Lehane (UCC Demons), Taiwo Badmus (Iceland, Balur) ), Matt Treacy (Switzerland, Wallabies).
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