Person: Catherine McManus

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Here is how Ireland's athletes did on Day 3 of the European Games in Minsk

Megan Fletcher may have bowed out at the quarter-finals stage of the European Games judo in Minsk, but the recently-declared Irish judoka is now a candidate to do big things at next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

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McGivern and Nevin on Song for Ireland at European Games in Minsk

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Here are the Irish athletes competing in the European Games 2019

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Youth has its fling at Abbotstown

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European hopeful Eoin Everard leads Irish challenge at Cork IT

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Ciara Neville, 15, is shining star after National Indoor Championships performance

Healy loving life in the fast lane

Phil Healy is an athlete in a hurry.

Sat, 09 Aug, 2014

Lavin and Lawler win top athlete awards at Leevale meeting

Athletics: Sarah Lavin was named female athlete of the meet at the Leevale T&F promotion at the Cork IT yesterday in unusual circumstances.

Mon, 07 Apr, 2014

Huge entry lined up for Leevale meet

The opportunity to lay down early season markers and maybe achieve a qualifying performance for the various summer championships has seen a huge entry of over 200 athletes for the annual Leevale T&F meeting tomorrow.

Fri, 04 Apr, 2014

Storms hit fish farm company’s ability to treat disease

A Norwegian company seeking to expand its fish farming operation in West Cork has admitted that severe storms compromised its ability to treat its salmon for sea lice and other diseases last year — prompting environmentalists to say this bolsters their argument for closed containment systems.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2014

Exciting English ready to take on the world

UCD’s Mark English underlined his world-class potential at the Woodie’s DIY AAI Games in Athlone yesterday with a national 800m indoor record (1:46.82) which qualifies him for the world indoors.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2014

Hectic weekend for young athletes

It’s a busy weekend for young Irish athletes with the annual AVIVA Tailteann Irish Schools Interprovincial Track & Field meeting taking place at the Morton Stadium, Santry today, followed tomorrow by the Irish Junior & U23 Championships in Tullamore.

Sat, 23 Jun, 2012

Cork City entry may be ‘best ever’

Cork City Sports chairman Tony O’Connell yesterday described the entry list for next month’s event as “shaping up to be the best” in the event’s history.

Wed, 13 Jun, 2012

Salmon and trout stocks in rivers ‘almost gone’

Salmon and trout stocks in West Cork rivers “are almost gone” due to fish farming around Bantry Bay, according to a former National Parks and Wildlife Services manager.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2012

Opposition mounting to plans for €5.5m salmon farm

Opposition is mounting in West Cork to plans by one of the world’s biggest fish farming operations to develop a €5.5m organic salmon farm in Bantry Bay.

Fri, 10 Feb, 2012

Small fry firm comes on in leaps and bounds

MARINE HARVEST is one of the largest salmon-farming groups in the world.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2012

Look to the sea for top farms in the west

TO SEE intensive farming in the west of Ireland, look towards the sea, where last week’s announcement by Marine Harvest Ireland of plans to develop a new €3.5 million organic salmon farm site in Bantry Bay raised the profile of an industry which has been quietly but steadily advancing for over 30 years.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2012

Seafood firm to invest €3.5m in Bantry salmon farm site

ONE of the world’s leading seafood companies, Marine Harvest plans to invest €3.5 million developing a new salmon farm site in Bantry Bay, Co Cork.

Fri, 13 Jan, 2012

O’Shea breaks U15 60m record

FERRYBANK’s Ann O’Shea was in record-breaking form at the Woodie’s DIY Juvenile Indoor championships in Nenagh at the weekend.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2009