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Camogie Posted on 1 year ago
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Round-Up: Dublin beats Wexford as Kilkenny and Waterford draw

Report by Daragh Ó Conchúir Dublin came out on top of a crunch tie with Wexford at ..

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Rugby Posted on 1 year ago
Ireland u20s beat Scotland 37-7 in 6n Summer Series

SIX NATIONS WOMEN’S SUMMER SERIES: IRELAND UNDER-20s 37 SCOTLAND UNDER-20s 7, ..

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Rugby Posted on 5 months ago
Relentless Performance Leads Ireland U-20 Women To Record Win

Captain Jane Neill scored two tries in a player-of-the-match performance a ..

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Mona McSharry Leads World Aquatics Championships Team in Singapore

Ireland’s Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry will spearhead Swim Ireland’s 13-strong swimming and diving team into the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore exactly one year after the Paris Games. Swimming and Diving at the World Aquatics Championships run from July 27th to August 3rd at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. The team have spent a week on a training camp …

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Walshe and McSharry Lead 12-Strong World Championships Team

Olympic finalist Ellen Walshe and Olympic medallist Mona McSharry will spearhead Swim Ireland’s 12-strong team into this summer’s World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, one year on from an Olympic Games which saw the Irish swimming team returned from Paris with three medals. The team will be vying for semi-final and final appearances across all eight days of competition. Exciting prospects …

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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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Shortt and Walshe Highlight Friday’s Irish Open Heats

Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials continued at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre this morning with John Shortt and Ellen Walshe highlighting the preliminary rounds. National Centre Limerick’s Shortt looked impressive in the heats of the 200m Backstroke. The 17-year-old was just half a second outside his Irish Record of 1:58.47 touching in 1:59.03. Shortt enters Friday’s …

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Danielle Hill breaks Irish 50m Butterfly Record

Danielle Hill starred on the second day of the McCullagh International in Bangor with a new Irish Record in the 50m Butterfly. The Larne swimmer added 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle golds to 50m Backstroke gold won on Thursday. The 25-year-old, who will be competing for a place on Team Ireland for the Paris Olympic Games at the Irish Olympic …

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Mona McSharry is 2nd woman ever to split sub-56 second breaststroke in medley relay

On Friday night Mona McSharry became only the second woman ever to split a sub-56 second breaststroke on the 400m medley relay. McSharry swam a blazing 55.95, the fourth-best performance of all time, with the top three all belonging to American Lilly King, the five-time Olympic medallist and current world-record holder in the 100m long course breaststroke. The 23-year-old Sligo …

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Ireland relay team secure Paris slot

Though they did not compete at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, the qualification of the Ireland Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay team for the Paris Olympics was at stake depending on other teams’ times. This weekend’s results ensure Ireland’s time of 4:01.25 from the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, remains good enough for a quota spot for Paris 2024. …

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Mona McSharry takes another fifth place at World Aquatics Championships

Mona McSharry admitted to being “gutted” after coming in fifth in the final of the 100m breaststroke, her preferred event, at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Tuesday, but she was much happier with an equal placing in the 200m breaststroke final Friday. “It’s gone really well, this is the first time it’s really starting to click. Not the …

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Fifth place for McSharry in World Breaststroke Final

Ireland’s Mona McSharry has finished in fifth place in the final of the 100m Breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The 23-year-old touched in 1:06.42, just half a second outside of the medals. China’s Qianting Tang won gold in 1:05.27.4 McSharry spoke after the race ‘I’m gutted, I just felt like I was there, within my reach, I …

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McSharry Advances to Breaststroke Final in Doha Ferguson Thirteenth in Backstroke Semi Final

Mona McSharry confirmed a centre lane for today’s 100m Breaststroke Final yesterday evening, while Conor Ferguson edged closer to Olympic qualification on the second night of finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. McSharry eased into the 100m Breaststroke Final in second place overall, after finishing second in her heat behind China’s Quintang Tang (1:05.36). The Grange, Co. Sligo …

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