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Swimming
A week like few others: Wonder women, golden boys and medals galore
Bualadh bos to RTÉ, too, for its athletics and swimming coverage despite what green-ink brigade will say
‘A special week’: Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe celebrate Paris medal haul
Pair excelled at European Aquatics Championship while Tom Fannon put in a strong performance
Ellen Walshe claims second glittering gold in Paris with 200m IM victory
Templeogue swimmer storms final 50m to win second European title this week
Mona McSharry and Ellie McCartney qualify for 200m breaststroke final at European Championships
McSharry won her semi-final, while McCartney produced a season’s best to make tomorrow’s final
European swimming and athletics: Ellen Walshe wins gold, McSharry wins silver – as it happened
Rhasidat Adeleke is into the 200m final after a brilliant semi-final run
Jack Kelly misses out on medal but targets European success in favoured 200m breaststroke on Wednesday
Mona McSharry, John Shortt and Daniel Wiffen all qualify for finals on Wednesday evening
‘Just race your heart out’: Ellen Walshe bringing impressive momentum to European Aquatics Championships
Swimmer has the form to take podium places in Paris – if she can get out of her own way
Security heightened at Vico Baths after ‘unacceptable behaviour’ towards contractors
Repair works at popular south Dublin swimming spot have stalled, with council no longer able to provide completion date
Madeleine McCann’s brother Sean to swim for Scotland at Commonwealth Games
Sean McCann was two-years-old when his sister disappeared during a holiday in Portugal in 2007
Memories of Ireland’s outdoor swimming pools
I recall my formative years growing up in Belfast when there was a huge outdoor pool in the Falls Park
Swimmers warned off nine popular Dublin bathing spots until next week
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council due to conduct further testing following heavy rainfall
Dún Laoghaire swimmers defiant despite water quality warning: ‘I’ve done worse things for me than swimming in the sea’
Conflicting results about safety of Dún Laoghaire Baths sends mixed messages to the public
Enhanced Games and sporting reputations
Max McCusker and Shane Ryan deserve to get something back from a sport that has given them little financially
Summer Camps: A guide to the best and most popular sports camps in Ireland
A guide for parents to the best Irish summer camps, from badminton and basketball to rock climbing and surfing
Ireland’s newest official bathing area off limits to swimmers this summer over water pollution
State’s newest official bathing area was only formally designated in 2025
All pools lead to LA as Mona McSharry confirms aim to compete at 2028 Olympics
The Sligo swimmer won bronze at the 2024 Games but was undecided about her future until recently
Secret spots for wild swimming in Co Kerry
A father and son trace Ireland’s wildest swims along the Dingle Peninsula, from hidden lakes to Atlantic coves
Daniel Wiffen leaves California training base to continue Olympic preparations in Dublin
Olympic champion was unhappy with his progress at UC Berkeley
‘Working’ or ‘stay-at-home’ parent is a false choice. Most of us want something in between
The words of Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy are in stark contrast to the vogue for pernicious tradwife influencing
John Shortt smashes another swimming record at the Irish Open Championships
Galway swimmer improves his Irish 100m backstroke record to 53.17 seconds in Bangor
Daniel Wiffen falls short of first target at Irish Open Swimming Championships
Olympic champion wins 1,500m freestyle on opening day in Bangor but misses self-set goal
Daniel Wiffen sets a personal ultimatum ahead of Irish Open Swimming Championships
The Olympic champion wants to swim close to his personal bests to prove California move is bearing fruit
Mona McSharry: ‘I didn’t think I had another four-year Olympic block in me’
The 25-year-old Sligo swimmer is back to her competitive best and eyeing up another possible shot at the LA Games in 2028
Leg danglers are the swimming pool equivalent of people who stand at the end of an escalator
Yes, Ireland needs more swimming pools but we also need lessons in etiquette
Swim Ireland appoint Andy Reid as national performance director
The former swimmer has held the role on an interim basis since last May
Woodland escape with direct access to the sea in Co Louth
Detached five-bedroom home with studio and attic rooms on more than an acre
With one pool for every 80,000 people, it’s a miracle Ireland is producing great swimmers
Over half are hotel pools, which usually don’t have pay-as-you-go public swimming, restrict children’s access and lack accessibility accommodations
Ellie McCartney can’t hide disappointment after missing out on medal
John Shortt (100m backstroke) and Ellie McCartney (200m breaststroke) compete in finals this evening
Daniel Wiffen wins gold medal in 1,500m freestyle at European Championships
Evan Bailey produces the best swim of his career to win a tied bronze in the 200m freestyle final
Irish teenager John Shortt wins European 200m backstroke gold medal in stunning fashion
Ellen Walshe also produced an excellent swim on Wednesday morning, breaking her own 100m individual medley record
Daniel Wiffen wins bronze in 400m free at European Short-Course Championships
Belfast’s Jack McMillan takes gold for Britain; John Shortt breaks Irish 200m backstroke record twice in eight hours to reach final
Ellen Keane: ‘I grew up believing I was unlovable, that I wasn’t attractive’
The paralympian may have retired from competitive swimming, but she’s opening a new chapter as the youngest coach on RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family
The Enhanced Games are about something far weirder than money
The Enhanced Games is a shopfront for a strange vision of the human future
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