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Open water swimmers have raised at least 140,000 euro for Cancer Care West during the Frances Thornton Memorial Swim across Galway Bay. The 124 swimmers who participated in the 13km crossing faced “very challenging” conditions, the organisers have said, which…

The Boyne Swim celebrated its tenth anniversary on Saturday, July 20th, 2024, with 154 participants taking on the challenging 2.7-kilometre course in the historic River Boyne. Ben Moran of Aer Lingus Swim Club emerged as the overall winner, and Cliodhna…

Newly elected MEP Ciaran Mullooly has sought to reassure the Irish fishing industry that he will remain “fully engaged” on fisheries issues. The Independent Ireland MEP for the Midlands-North-West constituency was responding further to concerns expressed by Irish Fish Producers’…

This Saturday (July 28) marks the beginning of the Olympic journey for Irish rowers in Paris. Both the Men's and Women's Double Sculls are set to compete in their respective heats, aiming for a spot in the semi-finals. Men's Double…

Newly elected Irish MEPs have defended their decision not to prioritise representation on the European Parliament's fisheries committee, which will be handling key issues including the review of the Common Fisheries Policy and the post-Brexit share out of fish stocks…

An Irish woman who is rowing for Uganda in the Olympics has been named joint captain for her national team at the Paris Games. Kathleen Noble said she is “overwhelmed” at being asked to co-lead Team Uganda, and is looking…

The father of a 17-year-old from Armagh who died off the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare has questioned why the Irish Coast Guard could not recover his son’s body from the rocks. As The Sunday Independent reports, the family…

This seems astonishing and hard to believe, that when Ireland has the largest fishing waters of all Member States in the European Union, it has not got a single full member amongst the 27 appointed to the new European Parliament's…

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the canoe slalom athletes who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. In what will be the biggest team since 1996, Ireland will be entering an athlete…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications have suspended all fishing and angling on the Ballysadare System in Co Sligo due to concerns about more than 900 dead salmon found in an as yet unexplained…

Galway Bay will be transformed into a sea of swim caps, tow floats and safety RIBS tomorrow (Saturday July 20) for the annual Frances Thornton Memorial Swim. Weather permitting, a total of 130 swimmers, both solo and in relay teams,…

The impact on a fishing community of the failure of a local vessel to return home is the theme of an outdoor theatre piece at this year’s Galway International Arts Festival. An Fear Liath, written by Philip Doherty and adapted…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says it is investigating the deaths of around 850 wild Atlantic salmon in a Co Sligo river. The deceased salmon have been found in the lower Ballisodare River, near Ballisodare, south of Sligo town. IFI says…

In a remarkable feat of endurance and fundraising, Dublin man Fergal Somerville successfully completed a 35km open water swim around Inis Mór, raising €8,500 for the Aran Islands RNLI. Somerville, a Guinness World record-breaking swimmer, took on this challenge, which…

The Save Bantry Bay group has welcomed the outcome of a judicial review of an aquaculture license and foreshore license awarded to Mowi Ireland in West Cork. The High Court has quashed both licenses in a ruling published late last…

The failure by State agency Údaras na Gaeltachta to disclose the price and terms of the sale of seaweed company Arramara Teo to Canadians has been criticised by former Gaeltacht minister Éamon Ó Cuív. As The Sunday Independent reports, Údaras…