Irish female sports stars have a nice line in first-name recognition. Sonia, of course, is the original and most iconic. Since then we’ve had other heroines: Katie, Derval, Stephanie, and Annalise. 

St Patrick’s Day gets bigger and better every year, as more than 100 million people around the world celebrate our national holiday with the Irish diaspora.

Great expectations would have hindered Annalise Murphy as the sailor left for Rio, of that she is now certain.

Fortune favours the brave and Thomas Barr has bravery in bucketloads, writes Derval O’Rourke.

Annalise Murphy has won Ireland's second silver medal of the Olympic Games.

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Every four years, the eyes of the world are fixed on the five-ring Olympic circus. In my sport of sailing, the Games can be the culmination of four, eight or even 12 long years of hard competing.

Athletes across the disciplines are gearing up for the Olympics in Rio later this year. Here five competitors acknowledge the role their mothers have played in their success, says Arlene Harris.

The family of a toddler were yesterday continuing to pray for a miracle as she battled critical injuries in hospital.

A man has confessed to gardaí his role in a hit-and-run collision during the bank holiday weekend that left a toddler fatally injured.

Telly, tonight.

Ireland’s fortunes could hardly have been more mixed in the two Laser single-handed classes on the opening day of the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander yesterday, as the hunt for a place at Rio 2016 heats up.

Jamie Foxx has branded speculation he is dating Katie Holmes "hilarious".

Katie Holmes is dating Jamie Foxx.

Ireland's Annalise Murphy is the 2013 Laser Radial European Champion.

Jamie Foxx used his own racial abuse to fuel his 'Django Unchained' role.

An hour before Katie Taylor edged closer to an Olympic dream in the Excel Arena, another Irish woman’s medal hopes were blown out over 144 miles away.

Annalise Murphy suffered one of Olympic sport’s deepest disappointments when she emerged from the toughest, most exciting medal race of the 2012 Olympic Games Sailing regatta.

The absence of yachts from Dublin Bay on a bank holiday Monday in August was the first sign that it was no ordinary day for Ireland’s sailing community.

Annalise Murphy has got her medal drive back on track after a stunning display in the Women's Laser Radial today.

When people ask me how I put myself through racing at that level for so many years, I couldn’t really explain it.

Dublin's Annalise Murphy has lost top spot in the women's Laser Radial sailing event after her two races today at Weymouth.

In breezes which were lighter than forecast, Annalise Murphy may have had her bubble of supremacy pricked but the Irish sailor still leads the Laser Radial class at the 2012 Olympic regatta off Weymouth and Portland in Dorset.

Annalise Murphy was always encouraged to be independent.

Historian Dr Tom Hunt came up with a few gems from Ireland’s lesser known Olympic triumphs and disasters

ANNALISE MURPHY yesterday secured Olympic qualification at the ISAF Sailing World Championships.

Annalise Murphy has officially qualified Ireland for the 2012 Olympics in the Laser Radial sailing discipline.