Ireland’s Peter O’Leary and David Burrows signalled their intent for London 2012 on Saturday when they won gold at the pre-Olympic world cup regatta in Weymouth.

IRISH hopes of victory on home waters were dashed over the weekend as Britain’s first teams in the open and youth events of the ISAF World Team Racing Championships at Schull emerged overall winners.

THERE were smiles all-round the Irish camp in Weymouth last night as late results of the women’s Laser Radial single-handed racing arrived ashore: Annalise Murphy won the second race of the day, topping her earlier second place and securing the best result to date at this London 2012 Olympic sailing venue.

It was an exciting day in Qingdao where Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne produced another top ten result in the Star class to place 8th in their first race of the day.

IT IS now up to Cork’s Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne to rescue Ireland’s chances of a memorable result from this Olympic regatta, but the Star class pair have some work on their hands in a white hot fleet after sailing to two 13th places, their worst scores so far, yesterday.

You couldn’t possibly go wrong with a cast that includes such quality … and, of course, a schoolboy from Derry (that’s the impressively talented Simpson).

The docu-drama Agnes - the true story of Agnes Jones from Fahan who trained with Florence Nightingale and transformed the awful Liverpool Workhouse in the 1860s - gets its premiere in Derry's Guildhall on November 3.

Derry actress Bronagh Gallaher will take the title role in local company Ambient Light's production of Agnes, the story of pioneering Irish nurse Agnes Jones.