A seven-year-old who died of leukaemia on New Year's Eve just months after he received 10,000 birthday cards from well-wishers from all over the world has been described at his requiem mass as a "miracle child" and a "gorgeous, happy chatty little man."

A fifteen-year-old Irish swimmer, Eimear Doyle from Limerick, has become Ireland's first swimmer in ten years to reach a finals at the Junior European Swimming Championships.

Swim Ireland (SI) has announced the Irish swimmers who have qualified to compete in this year’s European Senior and Junior Championships.