Person: De Bruin

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

rugby

Leaders Leinster storm to victory over Cheetahs

Conference A leaders Leinster continued their unbeaten season with a 36-12 bonus-point win over Cheetahs at a rain-lashed RDS.

gaa

Limerick beat Clare to make positive start to 2020 campaign

In a game that saw the sides level five times, Limerick came out on top with three of the last four points against a Clare side that had to wait until the second half for their first score from play.

columnists

No escaping increases in carbon taxes

Ireland is the second country in the world to declare a ‘climate emergency’, but the Government must face up to promoting potentially unpopular hikes in carbon taxes, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

rugby

Allister Coetzee set to take the reins at Springboks

world

MH17 passenger ‘wearing oxygen mask’

news

De Bruin courts success

Record swimmer faces de Bruin comparison

John Leonard, the executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, last night compared Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen’s winning performance in the women’s 400m individual medley to Irish swimmer Michelle Smith.

Tue, 31 Jul, 2012

Dutch in same boat as EU strugglers

The Netherlands is in the same fiscal boat as the leading peripheral eurozone states it has criticised for missing budget targets, and it needs spending cuts and structural reforms to revive a slumping economy, state think-tank CPB said.

Wed, 21 Mar, 2012

Gráinne grabs gold but de Bruin record elusive

Gráinne Murphy came agonisingly close to breaking Michelle Smith de Bruin’s Irish record in the final of the women’s 200m freestyle on the opening day of the Carlton Irish National Swimming and Olympic Trials at the National Aquatic Centre (NAC) in Dublin yesterday.

Thu, 01 Mar, 2012

MEPs demand answers despite approval of fund for former Dell workers

Irish MEPs stepped up pressure on the European Commission today to explain why Brussels approved funding of more than €50m to help US computer giant Dell close its Limerick plant and move to Poland.

Wed, 25 Nov, 2009

Con happy to accept Dolphin’s gifts

TEN days ago, Dolphin proudly boasted an unbeaten home record that stretched back nearly two years to March 2007, but that must seem like an age ago after Cork Constitution raided Musgrave Park for the second week in succession.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2009

De Bruin: Irish swimmers unprepared

CONTROVERSIAL former swimming champion Michelle De Bruin, who won three gold medals at the Atlanta Olympics amid unproven allegations that she took drugs, has criticised Irish swimmers and Swim Ireland for not being properly prepared in Beijing.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2008

Late Late not place to discuss ban, says de Bruin

OLYMPIC gold medallist Michelle de Bruin claimed yesterday she was dropped from the Late Late Show, because she refused to talk about her swimming ban shame.

Thu, 27 Dec, 2007

For the record, Michelle still has her medals

IN response to AF MacGabhann (Irish Examiner letters, Sept 16), let me point out that I am not a Michelle de Bruin apologist.

Fri, 24 Sep, 2004

De Bruin husband guilty of stealing

THE husband of Olympic swimmer, Michelle de Bruin, yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing chicken breasts, vitamins and cod liver oil tablets at his local Dunnes Stores supermarket.

Wed, 05 Nov, 2003

Gibney smashes de Bruin record

Chantal Gibney has smashed Michelle de Bruin’s 200m freestyle Irish record at the Irish Open Championships in Lisburn, Co Antrim.

Fri, 26 Jul, 2002

Milosevic’s wife to visit him in prison

Slobodan Milosevic’s wife will arrive in the Netherlands on Thursday to visit the former Yugoslav president at the UN prison where he is being held.

Tue, 17 Jul, 2001