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#Swim360 - Two years ago they became the first people to navigate Asia's longest river from source to sea by kayak when they completed the 16,000-mile Silk Roads to Shanghai. Now David Burns and Maghnus Collins are undertaking another great challenge…

#Rowing: Coleraine man Joel Cassells won a silver medal at the World Under-23 Championships today. The 21-year-old was in the number two seat in the Britain lightweight quadruple sculls which were 2.1 seconds off the gold medal position in Plovdiv,…

#Fishing - Fishing harbours in Galway are set to share in a €200,000 funding bonus, as Galway Bay FM reports. The additional funding under the 2015 Fishery Harbour Capital Investment Programme will go to the small craft harbour development at…

#Rowing: Erik Rowan gave Ireland a very good start to the fourth day of the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria with a fine win in the D Final of the men’s single sculls. The race was notably close…

#Rowing: Ireland qualified two boats for C Finals in the evening session at the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the lightweight double sculls C/D semi-final, Liam Keane and Stephen O’Connor did well to take the third qualification spot.…

#Rowing - Blind adventurer and former rowing medal-winner Mark Pollock, who became paralysed after a fall from an open window five years ago, is suing friends for their alleged culpability over the incident. As TheJournal.ie reports, the Commonwealth Games medallist…

#Rowing: Ireland finished fifth in the repechage of the lightweight four at the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and will compete in the B Final. France took control of the race and held off challenges to win. The United…

#Rowing: Erik Rowan finished fourth in his single sculls repechage at the World Under-23 Championships this morning in Plovdiv in Bulgaria. Romania and Hungary shot into the two qualification places in the first half of the race, and the Skibbereen…

#lobsterfishing – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. today launched a public consultation on proposals to regulate non-commercial pot fishing. Speaking about the proposals the Minister said: "This consultation is about sustainability, looking at the need…

#Diving - A diver was airlifted to hospital yesterday (Sunday 19 July) after going missing off Rathlin Island, as the News Letter reports. RNLI crews from Scotland joined lifeboats from Portrush and Red Bay along with Irish Coast Guard teams…

#Fishing - Irish Water Safety chief executive John Leech presented the report of the Working Group on Safety, Training and Employment in the Irish Fishing Industry to Marine Minister Simon Coveney in Castletownbere, Co Cork earlier today (Monday 20 July).…

#Fishing - Marine Minister Simon Coveney today (Monday 20 July) announced that he was moving ahead with detailed design of a major pier extension and an upgrade of the shipyard facilities on Dinish Island in Castletownbere. The new plans follow…

#Surfing - Irish-Australian surf pro Mick Fanning has become a viral sensation after video of him fighting off a shark attack during a surfing contest wowed the internet. As the Irish Examiner reports, Fanning was taking part in the final…

#Kayaking - A young Baldoyle man who lost his life in a kayaking tragedy in Wicklow last year had been paddling in fast flowing rapids, an inquest into his death has heard. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, 21-year-old Shane Murphy,…

#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) offers its congratulations to the Irish Home Nations boat and shore angling teams, representing the Irish Federation of Sea Anglers (IFSA), who recently completed a historic double by winning the Home Nations Boat and…

illegalfishing – At a sitting of Kilcock District Court today (16.07.15), Judge Grainne O'Neill convicted a man living in County Meath on the count of illegal fishing, and issued a fine of €50. Ion Onos, with an address at Apartment…