Irish rowers win World Championship bronze

The Irish men's lightweight four of Gearoid Towey Eugene Coakley Richard Archibald and Paul Griffin took Bronze in the World Championship final at Eton.

They finished a tenth of a second behind France who took silver as the emerging Chinese took Gold.

The Irish women's lightweight double of Sinéad Jennings and Niamh Ní Cheilleachair won their B final impressively this morning and went on to finish seventh overall.

They took up the lead at halfway in what was a particularly strong field.

They were never headed from that point, and comfortably led the charge to the line, significantly ahead of Poland, USA and world champions Germany.