The Olympic Council of Ireland announced the Team Ireland leaders for the Rio Olympic Games 2016 this morning and Paul McGinley is the Team Leader for the golfers.

The recent attack by an Akita dog on a small child in Limerick follows a similar attack in Sligo just over a year ago.

A year ago it was all up in the air.

But for a mix-up, Sycerika McMahon could be in line to make a final at the swimming world championships in Barcelona next week.

Swim Ireland have appointed Lars Humer as head coach at the High Performance Centre at the University Arena in Limerick.

One of Ireland’s leading swimmers has expressed hope that Swim Ireland can work again successfully with Gráinne Murphy and the University of Limerick.

Gráinne Murphy is no longer living or swimming in Limerick after Swim Ireland’s failure to offer her assurances about the future of the high performance centre in UL.

Few sports in this country owe as much to one athlete in recent years as swimming does to Gráinne Murphy.

Irish boxing is punching above its weight

The man with the future of Irish swimming in his hands feels that, while the standard is improving, there is still a long way to go before Ireland's swimmers will be world class.

Irish swimming will hope for a change of fortune in the Aquatic centre this morning when Barry Murphy and Melanie Nocher take to the water at the London Olympics.

There were no tears or tantrums as Irish swimmer Gráinne Murphy bade farewell to the London Olympics last night.

A miserable morning in the Olympic Aquatic centre left two young Irish swimmers stunned and national performance director Peter Banks struggling for answers.

It was only last May when Melanie Nocher decided she had better look up this female boxer everyone was raving about as a gold medal prospect.

Ireland may not be claiming any medals in London’s Aquatic Centre this month but Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director believes the time is fast approaching when the country’s elite swimmers will be targeting podium places on the world stage.

Clare native Chris Bryan is targeting a top nine finish at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swimming qualifier in Portugal tomorrow to secure his place at the London Games.

Sycerika McMahon, Irish swimming’s newest sensation, produced a brilliant performance to take a silver medal in the women’s 50 metres Breastroke at the European Senior Championships in Debrecen in Hungary yesterday.

For the first time this week, Irish swimmers competing at the European Swimming Championships at Debrecen in Hungary failed to progress beyond the morning heats.

Melanie Nocher has capped off a positive day for Irish swimming by joining Sycerika McMahon in qualifying for the Olympic Games.

Sycerika McMahon has qualified for the women's 100m freestyle at May's European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Two Irish records have been broken in the morning heats on day three of the Irish Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials at the National Aquatics Centre.

One of Irish swimming’s oldest records fell on day three of the Irish Long Course Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, as 20-year-old Bethany Carson slipped under Michelle Smith’s 100m butterfly mark from 1996.

SENIOR Irish sports officials insist preparations for the London Olympics have not been damaged by the economic downturn.

IRISH sailing chiefs have targeted a medal at next year’s Olympic Games.

GRÁINNE MURPHY, Melanie Nocher and Aisling Cooney represent Ireland at the European Short Course (25m) Swimming Championships which begin in Eindhoven today.

LESS than 24 hours after claiming a silver medal at the European Long Course Swimming Championships in Budapest, Gráinne Murphy is discovering all about dealing with hype.

TWO-TIME Olympian Andrew Bree leads the Irish squad at the European Long Course Swimming Championships in Budapest, which commences today.

Grainne Murphy has won her second medal in the space of an hour at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Prague, adding a bronze medal in the 1500 metres Freestyle to the gold she won earlier in the 400m Individual Medley.

Irishman Peter Banks has been appointed as High Performance Director to Swim Ireland.