Racing a 27-year revamped 30-foot yacht, Nigel Biggs won the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta yesterday with a perfect record of six race wins.

Kinsale sailor John Twomey received a standing ovation on Saturday night at the annual Irish Sailing Association awards ceremony in Dun Laoghaire.

More than 6,000 boxing fans lined Bray seafront to see local girl Katie Taylor secure a bronze at the Olympics.

By Joe Finegan