David O'Brien

David O'Brien

Contributor

David O'Brien, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a former world Fireball sailing champion and represented Ireland in the Star keelboat at the 2000 Olympics. He has written a sailing column for the Irish Times for more than 20 years. He owns a small publishing firm whose titles include Ireland Afloat, the national boating magazine.

Ireland has moral duty to help end Uighurs’ persecution

State must move beyond words to active use of UN Security Council to influence China

Record entry set for Round Ireland as world races cancelled

Sailing: SSE Renewables-sponsored race in June may steer clear of coronavirus measures

ICRA decision enables Irish boats compete in European championships

National tournament and IRC events set to be held concurrently during Cork Week in July

Dún Laoghaire Cup raises bar for one-design keelboat sailing

Organisers ‘trying to recreate the dedicated one-design scene of Baily Bowl regatta’

Date clash sees Irish Olympic Laser trial move continent – to Australia

Murphy, Hopkins, Keller and McMahon head to World Championships in Melbourne

Annalise Murphy is runner-up in Melbourne as Round Ireland race takes shape

Sailing: Olympic silver medallist returns to the podium during Sail Melbourne

Annalise Murphy returns to Laser Radial with fine Aussie showing

Sailing: Olympic silver medallist keeps her Tokyo 2020 campaign on course in Melbourne

Jim Cooney’s Comanche holds court in Sydney Hobart race

2017 line honours winner took the lead soon after exiting Sydney Heads

Expressions of interest sought for mixed two-handed offshore keelboat for Paris 2024

49er World Championships in New Zealand showed Ireland has much to do for 2020 if it wants to qualify more than one boat for Tokyo

Sailing: Bumper series of events planned for Royal Cork’s tricentenary

RORC’s Morgan Cup race fleet to cross the Celtic Sea to Cork for the first time ever

Sailing: Two Irish skiff pairings to bid for Olympic berth in Auckland test

Defining 49er World Championship for Seaton and Guilfoyle and Dickson/Wadilove

Royal Cork Yacht Club’s celebrations get approval from two princes

Italy’s Marco Gradoni crowned 2019 male World Sailor of the Year, its youngest ever recipient

Sailing: Mc Mahon to contest next year’s Irish Olympic Laser trials

Howth teenager to battle it out with Olympic medalist Murphy, Hopkins and Keller

Sailing: We await Murphy’s next tack as she quits 49erFX campaign with Tingle

Can the Rio silver medallist rekindle Irish Olympic hopes if she returns to the Laser Radial after a three-year-hiatus?

Sailing: Britain favourites for International Flying Fifteen world title

Batchelor and Riggs win pre-championship event in impressive style

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