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#Rowing: Ireland's junior women's double of Aoife Casey and Emily Hegarty finished sixth in the B Final of the World Rowing Chmpionships this morning. The race featured a battle of wills over most of the course between leaders France and…
#Rowing: Ireland's Ronan Byrne and Daire Lynch finished fifth in their semi-final of the junior double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. Drawn in the very tough lane one and battling against the worst of the wind,…
#Rowing: Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll finished fourth in the A Final of the lightweight men's pair at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. France won impressively, under pressure from Denmark in the closing stages, with the defending champions,…
#Rowing: Ireland's Paul O'Donovan is the new champion of the world in the lightweight single sculls. The UCD clubman won the A Final in Rotterdam by clear water from Peter Galambos of Hungary in difficult, windy, conditions. O'Donovan was sixth…
Trout Production Agreement Between Inland Fisheries Ireland & Angling Federations
26th August 2016 Angling
The Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) met yesterday with a joint delegation from the National Anglers Representative Association and Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland to discuss IFI’s proposal to exit the production of trout for the re-stocking of angling…
#Rowing: Ireland had more excellent results at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam this morning. The men's junior double sculls of Ronan Byrne and Daire Lynch finished third in their quarter-final. They needed to finish in the top three to…
#Rowing: David O'Malley and Shane Mulvaney finished fourth in their A Final of the under-23 lightweight pair at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam. Greece looked like they might dominate the race completely, but Switzerland took over and relegated them…
#Rowing: Paul O'Donovan won his semi-final after another exciting tussle and the Ireland lightweight pair also qualified for their A Final at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. Lightweight sculler O'Donovan put in a remarkable middle third of the…
#Rowing: Ireland finished sixth in the B Final of the under-23 quadruple at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. The Irish made a false start and held sixth down the course, though they never lost touch with the rest…
#Rowing: Paul O’Donovan won a spirited battle with Colin Ethridge of the United States to qualify in top spot from his quarter-final of the lightweight single sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. The 22-year-old Irishman had some…
#Rowing: Ireland’s Emily Hegarty and Aoife Casey finished fourth in their heat of the junior women’s double at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. Just one crew from the heat qualified directly for the A/B semi-finals, with the rest…
#Angling - Members of the Boyne Valley Fishing Hub, which comprises clubs along the River Boyne with a focus on developing youth angling, enjoyed a fishing trip to Courtlough Trout Fishery earlier this month. Some 30 experienced and novice anglers…
#Rowing: The Ireland junior double of Ronan Byrne and Daire Lynch took second place in their heat and qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Championships in Rotterdam today. New Zealand took over from early leaders South Africa in the…
#Rowing: Ireland’s under-23 lightweight quadruple joined the under-23 lightweight pair at the A Final stage of the Under-23 World Championships in Rotterdam. The crew of Fintan McCarthy, Shane O’Connell, Stephen O’Connor and stroke Colm Hennessy finished second to Britain in…
#Rowing: Ireland’s David O’Malley and Shane Mulvaney became the country’s first A Finalists at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. The under-23 lightweight pair won their semi-final with almost three seconds to spare. The two UCD men took over…
#Rowing: Paul O’Donovan won his heat with a dominant performance at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam today. The Ireland lightweight single sculler made light of the difficult condtions and left the rest of the field behind - Japan’s Yuki…
