‘I don’t think I’ll ever get over that’ - Shane Ryan reflects on what might have been and swims on
A bronze medal at the recent World Championships showed the Irish swimmer’s remarkable ability to put Olympics disappointment to one side
Swimming
Ellen Walshe finishes fifth and sixth in Saturday finals at World Championships
Walsh leaves Budapest having set eight new Irish short-course records over the week
Ireland’s Shane Ryan wins bronze medal in 50m backstroke at world championships
The 30-year-old swam a time of 22.56 seconds, breaking his Irish record by 0.2 seconds
Ellen Walshe continues record-breaking form but misses out on World Short Course 100m medley final
Shane Ryan qualifies for 50m backstroke final
Walshe, Ryan and Hill advance to world semi-finals in Budapest
Ellen Walsh broke her Irish record in the 100m individual medley
Shane Ryan finishes 10th in World Short Course semi-finals
Triple Olympian swam an impressive 46.23 seconds in the heats, breaking his Irish record
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‘We’re getting closer to it being realised’: Ambitious plans for Dublin lido gather momentum
Dublin City Lido campaign has updated it designs to include heated pool, learning pool, sauna and plunge pool, as well as water gardens and cafe
Man who drowned off Galway coast named as singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan
Duhan (74) one of two people who went missing at Silverstrand beach near Barna on Tuesday along with a woman in her 30s
Daniel Wiffen finds inspiration from Joyce on the next stage of his swimming odyssey
The Olympic champion was in UCD on Wednesday evening to receive the James Joyce award
Ellen Keane on retirement: ‘I need to figure out who I am, what I like, what I’m going to do’
Swimmer admits she’s at peace with her decision to retire from competitive action at age 29
Irish Paralympian Deaten Registe subjected to online racism during Games
Swimming finalist targeted last week after sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke received racist abuse in recent months
‘An amazing feeling’: Sixteen-year-old wins women’s Liffey Swim
Jessica Purcell finishes first in women’s event and Paul Mulvehill wins men’s event amid ongoing dispute that will see Swim Ireland rival Leinster Open Sea stage its own Liffey Swim on September 21st
You’ve no right to park outside your home. You buy the house, not the road in front of it
Deciding to live in a highly desirable location is always going to have its downfalls but hoarding parking spaces with traffic cones is not on
Ireland’s Róisín Ní Riain claims second Paralympic medal with bronze in 200m IM
The 19-year-old came third in the SM13 200m individual medley just minutes before Orla Comerford won bronze at Stade de France
Mayo nurse who ‘escaped’ from Alcatraz completes marathon Clare Island swim
Grandmother Ann Ivers (62) from Kiltimagh joins group of 45 in charity swim two years after swimming from famous prison island to San Francisco
Paralympic Games: Ireland’s swimmers miss out on opening day in the pool
Róisín Ní Riain just misses out on bronze medal as she finishes fourth in 100-metre butterfly final; Nicole Turner finishes sixth in 50-metre freestyle final
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Cork’s first Olympic-standard swimming pool sits in storage awaiting construction funds
Dolphin Swimming Club in Cork bought an Olympic-standard 50m swimming pool at a knockdown price from Birmingham after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Olympic organisers used the Seine to showcase Paris, but sick swimmers do not make for a good look
It is curious that different bodies’ readings of the river’s water quality produced different results
Daniel Wiffen on the Olympic 10km swim: ‘The start was pretty bad when I got punched in the face’
Armagh swimmer finishes 18th in men’s Marathon 10km swim, and says he is now ‘going to go and party for three days’
Daniel Wiffen to compete in 10km Olympic swim in the Seine
Concerns over water quality have eased this week, and women’s event went ahead on Thursday morning
Léon Marchand owned the Games but controversy still surrounds swimming
French public enthused by home athlete’s four golds but Chinese doping scandal made for a tense atmosphere
‘We are all the same’: Daniel Wiffen leads charge of Olympic athletes making Border question irrelevant
Five athletes from Northern Ireland have claimed medals at Paris 2024 and four from Republic of Ireland in blended Irish success
Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic bronze medal seals a weekend unlike any in the history of Irish sport
Swimmer, who becomes first Irishman to win multiple medals at a single Olympics, still has 10km swim ahead of him on Friday
Ireland and its Olympic swimmers are losing the tag of the island nation that struggles in the water
Swim Ireland’s high performance director John Rudd says raising the quality and quantity of domestic swimming is the key to any success
The big Olympics question of the week - is Daniel Wiffen from Co Armagh or Co Down?
The swimmer’s statement ‘we’re All-Ireland champions and Olympic gold medallists’ hints his loyalties lie with Armagh
Finally apologetic, Derry O’Rourke’s now a paltry old man who doesn’t deserve to sleep at night
Judge Melanie Greally at Central Criminal Court praises rape survivor for her conduct amid O’Rourke’s trial and on her victim impact statement, confronting abuser with the consequences of his actions
Mona McSharry runs out of steam and misses out on Olympic 200m breaststroke final
Sligo swimmer had qualified for the semi-final in seventh position but came home sixth in her semi-final
Daniel Wiffen profile: ‘I’m very happy to say that I’m Olympic champion’
At age 23, Ireland's Olympic gold medal swimmer Daniel Wiffen is still some years off his physical peak
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen wins Olympic gold medal with a stunning 800m swim in Paris
Armagh swimmer broke the Olympic record and powered home over the closing 100 metres
Olympics 2024: A golden night for Daniel Wiffen leaves many in tears
‘He hasn’t gone to the legs, it’s all about the arms,’ John Kenny old us, at which point the nation was hollering ‘GO TO THE LEGS’ at their TV screens
In Pictures: Daniel Wiffen strikes gold as Ireland claim second medal of the Olympic Games
Co Armagh swimmer as good as his word and claims 800m freestyle gold medal in Paris
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