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#Surfing - Mullaghmore Head in Co Sligo has made the list of USA Today's 'World's Most Surprising Surf Spots' alongside such destinations as Dubai, India, Iceland and the River Severn. "The countryside isn't all that's green in Ireland," the paper…
#CoupeRowing: Ireland’s Gareth McKillen and Phoebe Mulligan reached A Finals at the Coupe de la Jeunesse, the European junior rowing tournament, at Lucerne in Switzerland today. McKillen, who also reached the A Final on Saturday, finished sixth of 11. Mulligan…
#CoupeRowing: Ireland had a set of disappointing results on the second day of the Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European rowing tournament for juniors, at Lucerne in Switzerland today. Gareth McKillen had the best result, qualifying for the A Final…
#TrawlerRescue- An Irish registered fishing trawler the Saint Claire sought immediate assistance from the Naval Service when approximately 80 miles west of Dingle Peninsula on Thursday evening. The OPV L.É. Niamh (P52) responded to the request as the trawler had…
#CoupeRowing: A junior women’s eight got Ireland’s campaign started at the Coupe de la Jeunesse at Lucerne in Switzerland this evening. The crew of Lauren McHugh, Ruth Gilligan, Daisy Callanan, Phoebe Mulligan, Claire Beechinor, Eimear Lambe, Megan McLaughlin, Kara O’Connor…
#Angling - The Galway Independent shines the spotlight on 15-year-old Ciarán Reilly, vice-captain of the cross-border Irish junior angling team headed to Wales nest week for the Home Counties International. The Loughrea lad has already been selected as captain of…
#Rowing: John Armstrong, who has been coaching the Ireland pararowing team, has been chosen as the new Northern Ireland Talent Development coach. Armstrong’s decorated career as a rower included a bronze medal at the World Championships in 1997 and gold…
#coastalrowing – Last Sunday saw the 8th and penultimate leg of the 2013 East Coast Rowing series. It was a fantastic day in Dun Laoghaire, and the heavy downpours, which at one stage saw 8mm of rain fall within 30 minutes, was…
#Kayaking - Derry Mayor Martin Reilly offered his congratulations to native son Jake King on taking the surf kayak world title in Australia earlier this month. As the Derry Journal reports, 18-year-old King was crowned champion after topping three other…
#rowerofthemonth: Paul O'Donovan, who was the Afloat Rower of the Month for June, has won the award again for July. The 19-year-old Skibbereen man, a UCD Scholarship Student, continued on his remarkable run when he took the bronze medal in…
#Fishing - "Absolutely hammered" is how a Carlingford Lough oyster farmer describes the state of his business after £350,000 (€404,000) worth of his stock was destroyed by a virus in the recent heatwave. And as the Belfast Telegraph reports, Darren…
#Angling - Almost one in every 10 people in Northern Ireland went fishing in the last 12 months - but 70% of NI residents said they had no interest in the sport. These statistics were among the key findings in…
#FishFarm - Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has responded to concerns from environmental groups that an ingredient in treatments for sea lice in salmon farms poses a threat to wild marine life. As Galway Bay FM reports, campaigners Galway Bay Against…
#HomeInternationalRowing: Ireland had to be content with second places both in crew terms and in overall categories at the Home International Regatta in Nottingham. England had a clean sweep, winning both the senior men’s and women’s categories and the junior…
#World Under-23Rowing: Paul O’Donovan took a bronze medal for Ireland at the World Under-23 Championships in Linz in Austria this morning. The 19-year-old Skibbereen man, who is a scholarship student at UCD, had a controlled race in the A Final…
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Denise Walsh finished sixth in the A Final of the lightweight single sculls at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Linz in Austria this morning. The Skibbereen woman and Belgium’s Eveline Peleman were not far off the pace at…
