Ireland’s Top Swimmers Target International Qualifications

Swim Ireland’s 2025 Irish Open Swimming Championships and World Championships Trials start on Saturday 12th April at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The 5-day event will see four hundred swimmers from over 50 clubs compete for National titles in thirty-four individual events and for places on senior National Teams, including the World Aquatics Championships (50m), World Para Swimming …

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Nicole Drought Takes Victory At Silverstone

Having taken victory at the opening TDC round of 2025 at Snetterton last month, Nicole Drought continued this rich vein of form at Silverstone yesterday.   https://www.instagram.com/p/DIGgH2csKvU/   Despite not being able to test ahead of the event, Nicole’s EBC Racing Civic topped the timesheets three laps into the Free Practice session on Sunday morning, finishing the session some five …

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Loreto Seal Women’s EY Hockey League Title

An exhilarating penultimate weekend in the EY Hockey League Division 1 wasn’t short of drama. In the Women’s EYHL, Loreto finally secured their second league title on the bounce with a well fought away win to UCC. Catholic Institute and UCD played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in Rosbrien, with the home side securing the bonus point shootout. The result …

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‘Twin success’ – The Big Interview with Galway’s Louise Ward

By Daire Walsh   Almost 11 years on from triumphing in the competition during her debut campaign as a senior inter-county player, Galway’s Louise Ward will have another shot at Lidl National Football League Division 2 glory next weekend. Back on May 10, 2014 at Parnell Park, Ward started alongside her twin sister Nicola when Galway claimed a second-tier title …

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Portadown & Crescent College lead Schoolgirls Championships

The highlight of the Schoolgirls Hockey calendar commenced today as the top five schools’ teams from across Ireland descended on Three Rock Rovers for the first of two days of the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schoolgirls Championships. An exceptionally tightly contested opening day of the Kate-Russell All-Ireland Schoolgirls Championships saw all five teams compete in two matches, with no more than …

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Claire Melia Makes History With FIBA Euro Cup Silver Medal

Ireland international Claire Melia has become the first Irish woman to pick up a European club medal, but her side Baxi Ferrol were unable to overturn a four-point deficit in the second leg of the FIBA Women’s Euro Cup Final.   The Spanish outfit lost out 84-70 on the night and 162-145 on aggregate against Villeneuve d’Ascq LM of France …

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Irish Team Confirmed For European Running Championships

 Athletics Ireland has confirmed a seven-strong team for the inaugural European Running Championshipse place on April 12th and 13th in Brussels and Leuven in Belgium. Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) will race in the Women’s Half Marathon. The 45-year-old has won the last two national senior marathon titles and fine-tuned her preparations for these championships by clocking 33:07 to win silver at the …

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All you need to know: Women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier

Ireland Women are currently taking part in a training camp in Dubai before they depart for their upcoming qualifier event in Pakistan (9-19 April 2025). The upcoming qualifier tournament is a six-team event in round-robin format including: West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Scotland, Thailand and Ireland. The top two teams will then qualify for the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World …

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Ireland WNT to return to Páirc Uí Chaoimh in June

The Ireland Women’s National Team will finish the group stages of their 2025 UEFA Nations League campaign by taking on Slovenia in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Tuesday, June 3rd. This will be the second time that the WNT will have played in the Cork venue following last year’s 3-1 victory over France in front of 18,399 spectators. The Girls in …

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Ireland Squad Announced For Six Nations Clash Against Italy

Coach Scott Bemand has confirmed the Ireland Match Day Squad for Sunday’s Guinness Women’s Six Nations encounter with Italy in Parma (Kick-off: 3pm Irish time). Edel McMahon makes her return to the starting XV and will captain the side as they take on Italy at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Round 2 of the championship. Bemand has kept faith with an …

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