Mona McSharry

Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sport

Swim Ireland’s high performance director John Rudd says raising the quality and quantity of domestic swimming is the key to any success

In Paris McSharry and Daniel Wiffen played on heart strings with career-changing efforts; in Dublin serial child rapist Derry O’Rourke apologised in court for shattering the life of a woman who was in his care

Radio: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman host awkward chats and gratuitous squabbles as Fiachna Ó Braonáin signs off with feeling

Sligo swimmer had qualified for the semi-final in seventh position but came home sixth in her semi-final

Follow all of the action as Irish boxer takes on Columbia’s Angie Valdes in Paris

‘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

Community delighted to see hard graft put in by medal winning swimmer and her family pay off in the pool in Paris

Swimmer from Grange, Co Sligo, won bronze in the 100m breaststroke in Paris on Monday night

‘Those moments where I thought I was done really put into perspective what I really do this for, and this is a huge bonus’

Dubliner Ellen Walshe finishes eighth the 400IM final while Kellie Harrington wins her first fight

Mona McSharry claims Ireland’s first medal at Paris 2024, while Kellie Harrington and Daniel Wiffen advance emphatically

Co Sligo swimmer becomes only second Irish Olympian to win a medal in swimming as she finishes third behind winner Tatjana Smith

Irish swimmer takes 100 metres breaststroke bronze medal by the narrowest of margins in Paris

Daniel Wiffen is the best Irish hope a medal in the pool for 30 years, and Danielle Hill is Ireland’s fastest ever female swimmer

Mona McSharry goes into Monday night’s 100m breaststroke final as second fastest qualifer; Daniel Wiffen enters action, while Kellie Harrington starts defence of her Olympic title

Sligo swimmer breaks her Irish record and qualifies for the 100m breaststroke final as second fastest

Swimmer Mona McSharry and rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy to make their first appearances at the Games

Shane Ryan and Nathan Wiffen in action in finals in Belgrade

Sligo swimmer helped the University of Tennessee to a fourth-place team finish

Mona McSharry continues to set high standards for herself following promising World Aquatics Championships showing

Irish swimmer adds second title to 800m earlier in the week, posting two astonishing athletic performances

Armagh native chased world record in 1500m freestyle as he finished 10 seconds ahead of next competitor

Wiffen races in 1500m freestyle final on Sunday afternoon while McSharry aims to break medal drought in 50m breaststroke final

Sligo woman put in spirited performance in her less favoured event, the 200m breaststroke

Mona McSharry swims in her second final of the week this evening

Sligo swimmer will also target Olympic qualifying time in Friday’s breaststroke final in Doha

23-year-old Sligo swimmer misses out on a first world long course medal for Ireland by half a second

Sligo woman qualified third fastest for the semi-finals later today

Mona McSharry also in the race to win a first World Swimming Championship medal for Ireland

Olympic medal prospect speaks of her love-hate relationship with the sport ahead of the World Championships

The sportswomen marked for bigger and better things next year

Lia Thomas’s emergence as a dominant force in swimming has polarised opinion

After a stellar year for Irish sportswomen, why not make 2022 the year you become a fan, or even better, take part yourself

Daniel Wiffen also set a new national record with his swim in the 1500m freestyle final

Irish swimmer looks to add to medal haul at World Short Course Championships in UAE

Sligo star becomes first Irish woman to swim 100m individual medley in under a minute

Mary Hannigan and Malachy Clerkin look back on the year’s most memorable events

Avalanche of firsts and emergence of stars a sign of shifting landscape in Irish sport

Sligo swimmer part of a 12-strong squad that competes in Abu Dhabi in December