He won bronze in the men’s double sculls final earlier this month, but has no medal to show for it. A member of Team Ireland, who won bronze at the Olympic Games this summer, has revealed that he had his medal taken away from him by the International Olympic Committee just days after he arrived […]

1 year ago

The Skibbereen brothers will now continue on to the quarter-finals. Ireland’s most famous rowers, Gary and Paul O’Donovan, have qualified for the quarter-finals of the lightweight men’s double sculls on the opening day of the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. The Cork duo boasted an impressive start in the scorching hot Bulgarian city, coming […]

8 years ago

The former rugby star finished the incredible solo journey at 9.30pm Irish time. Damian Browne left the Canary Islands on Thursday 14 December, and over two months later, he docked his boat Gulliver’s Travels on the Caribbean Island of Antigua. The 37-year-old took on the solo challenge with nothing for company but enough food to […]

8 years ago

Yep, we are ALL about this idea.

9 years ago

Shane O’Driscoll and Mark O’Donovan prove that Skibbereen is the rowing capital of the world. The West Cork lightweight pair claimed a gold medal in the European Rowing Championships and were in triumphant mood in their interview with RTÉ Sport afterwards. Their clubmate Denise Walsh produced a brilliantly timed row to take silver in the lightweight women’s […]

9 years ago

We’d be pretty freaked out too

11 years ago