Jenny Egan, who made history last August as the first Irish athlete to medal at an ICF Senior Canoe Sprint World Championships with a bronze, is looking forward to a busy summer, starting next week with the first World Cup event in Poznan. She spoke to Daragh Ó Conchúir.

The opening of a new community sports hub in Clonmel incorporating a 350-metre kayaking slalom course along the river Suir is aimed at helping local clubs grow and improve but also provides a new training base for the national canoe kayak team.

"Words can not describe approximately what we feel in the Olympic team after this terrible loss."

An Irish Canoeist has lost his life in an accident in Slovenia.