Sue Reilly felt she had lost her best friend when her sister, Joanne, emigrated to Australia more than three years ago.

One of Ireland’s greatest Olympians has said the disabled sailing world championships, which drew to a close in Co Cork yesterday, will leave a lasting legacy that reaches far beyond the sport.

Open water swimming legend Stephen Redmond will be honoured at the elite sport’s first global gathering in Ireland later this year — the first time it has ever been staged outside the US.

Artists are invited to submit ideas for development, reports Colette Sheridan