Dwyers got game: The Kieran Shannon Interview

Few are feeling the absence of a full national senior women’s team more than the Dwyer sisters, but they remain standard bearers for Irish basketball. And tonight they aim to lead by example as their Team Montenotte Hotel Glanmire face DCU in the National Cup semi-final, writes Kieran Shannon

Gráinne Dwyer won’t deny it. All the recent accolades and recognition have been hugely welcome, affirming, energising.

Last month in a plush Dublin hotel, she was talking and taking selfies with Katie Taylor at the Irish Sportswoman of the Year awards. On that occasion, Taylor would win the overall title but shortly after the leading Irish women’s website Her.ie would deem Dwyer the outstanding Irish sportswoman of 2014 by popular vote as more than just the basketball community rallied behind her.