20x20: Choose what's next Ireland has reached a critical stage for women's sport and that the choices we make next will be crucial. other sport • 08 Sep
Irish swimmer Robert Powell banned for 12 months Irish swimmer Robert Powell has been banned for 12 months after failing a doping control test in November. Swimming • 24 Jun
Divers happy to throw themselves in at the deep end A day after five of the country's elite swimmers returned to training at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, it was the turn of Swim ... Swimming • 09 Jun
'Relief & excitement' as Irish swimmers return to pool After almost three months of lockdown, the NAC took its first tentative steps towards reopening by welcoming five of Ireland's elite swimmers back to training. Swimming • 08 Jun
Resilient Mona McSharry ready to play the long game Mona McSharry says it has taken time to adjust her expectations in the pool, but building mental resilience has helped her compete at senior level. Swimming • 03 Jun
Swim Ireland awaiting Government green light to return Having released a revised plan for a return to action in 2020-2021, Swim Ireland are hopeful of getting the all-clear to welcome their elite swimmers ... Swimming • 28 May
Keane finding solace in team vibe outside of the pool Paralympian Ellen Keane had not been out of a swimming pool for more than three weeks since the age of nine years old, telling RTÉ ... Swimming • 28 May
Keane: Cancellation makes sense if 2021 Games delayed Olympic Federation of Ireland president Sarah Keane says that her International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart's assertion that the Tokyo Games cannot be postponed beyond 2021 ... Olympics • 22 May
Government funding required or clubs 'may not survive' The Government must set up a relief fund and task force to counter the devastating effect of the coronavirus on sports clubs and bodies across ... Other sport • 18 May
Disgraced Sun Yang lodges appeal on eight-year ban Banned Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has lodged an appeal at the Swiss federal court in a bid to overturn his eight-year suspension for doping. Olympics • 05 May
Decorated Olympic champion Franklin shares Games pain American swimming superstar Missy Franklin shares the pain of those athletes who have been forced to put their dreams of glory at Tokyo 2020 on ... Olympics • 05 May
Remembering Rio: Oliver Dingley talks to John Kenny Four years on from the 2016 Rio Olympics, John Kenny catches up with that rarest of things, an Irish Olympian diver, as he talks to ... Swimming • 23 Apr
My social distancing: Ellen Keane big on Niall Horan RTÉ Sport is speaking to our sports stars and asking how they're using their time and tweaking their training routines to stay fit and healthy. ... Swimming • 22 Apr
Hyland willing to wait for longstanding Olympic dream Brendan Hyland will wait however long it takes to fulfil his Olympic dream as his career in the pool takes one more twist. Swimming • 17 Apr
Challenging Times: Michelle Smith and the Atlanta Olympics The first week of the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 - when Michelle Smith took home three golds and a bronze in the pool - was ... Swimming • 14 Apr
Reappraisal on cards for Quinn after Olympics delay Irish swimmer Nicholas Quinn shares his view on the decision to postpone the Olympic Games and what it means for him. Swimming • 02 Apr
Swim Ireland axes 2020 regional and national events Swim Ireland has announced that all regional and national competitions originally scheduled between now and the end of this season in August 2020 will no ... Swimming • 25 Mar
US sports federations call on Olympics to be postponed USA Swimming has called for the Tokyo 2020 Games to be postponed for a year, hours after the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee said athletes ... Olympics • 21 Mar
Snooker World Championships pushed to summer The tournament was scheduled to be played from 18 April to 4 May, with the World Snooker Tour announcing its intention to instead stage it ... Snooker • 20 Mar
Olympic champ Le Clos had no doubts Yang was 'cheating' South African Olympic champion Chad le Clos says he had no doubt that Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was cheating and believes he was robbed of ... Swimming • 04 Mar
CAS ban Sun Yang for eight years, upholding WADA appeal Chinese star Sun Yang has been banned for eight years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against a ... Swimming • 28 Feb
Walshe dips below minute in 100m Butterfly record Ireland's Ellen Walshe became the first woman to break the one-minute barrier in the 100m Butterfly this evening as the 18-year-old smashed the Irish record ... Swimming • 19 Jan
Ellie Simmonds on why Rio Games proved 'negative place' Five-time Paralympic swimming champion Ellie Simmonds explains why she refuses to re-watch her Rio 2016 races and how those Games became a 'negative' experience for ... Swimming • 11 Jan
52 Mighty Moments for sportswomen in 2019 - Part II More moments to savour from a memorable year. Other sport • 28 Dec 19
Niamh Coyne sets new 200m Breastroke record Eight further records fell on the final day of the Short Course Swimming Championships bringing to an end a fortnight where 55 records were broken ... Swimming • 16 Dec 19
