Mona McSharry claims sportswoman of the month award
The winner of The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Month award for June 2017 is Mona McSharry. The swimmer, whose club is Marlins, Ballyshannon, returned from the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in Israel with two gold medals and one silver medal. The 16 year old Sligo native,…
LISTEN BACK: European champion Mona McSharry into another final
Following a gold medal win in the 50m Breaststroke last night Mona McSharry continued her impressive form at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Israel today to make a second Breaststroke Final. McSharry, swimming in the 200m Breaststroke, eased through preliminaries winning her heat in 2:29.63 and secured her place…
McSharry turns attention to 200m in Israel after golden start
After claiming gold yesterday in the 50-metre breaststroke, Sligo’s Mona McSharry is back in the pool at the European Junior Championships in Israel today. The 16-year-old Marlins Swimming Club member goes in the heats of the 200-metre breaststroke, along with Niamh Coyne.
Mona McSharry sets fastest time in 50m breaststroke heats in Israel
Sligo’s Mona McSharry is safely through to semi-finals of the 50 metres breaststroke event at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel, today. The Marlins Swimming Club member swam the opening heat of the competition in 31.14 seconds, knocking two tenths of a second off her Irish Junior Record…
Desludging work to continue at treatment plant in Grange
Irish Water say they will continue to work with Sligo County Council in operating and desludging the existing sewerage treatment plant in Grange. The plant has become the focus of much attention again in recent days due to a foul smell coming from the system following the recent warm weather.…
Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal athletes named on Irish team for European Cup in Finland
Six athletes from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim have been selected on the Irish Men’s and Women’s teams announced yesterday to compete in European Team Cup competition in Vaasa, Finland from June 23 to June 25. Among the athletes selected on the Irish European Cup Men’s team are North Sligo AC’s…
Energy survey to take place in parts of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
One of the groups that was to the forefront in the campaign against fracking is now turning its attention to creating an awareness of how people use energy and what it costs them. Good Energies Alliance Ireland, with IT Sligo, is carrying out an energy survey in a number of…