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“3,000 people have lost their lives through drowning over the past decade.” That’s according to former green party local election candidate, Leslie O’Hora who is calling for free and mandatory swimming lessons across the North West. Research by Ireland’s Childhood Mortality Register suggests that drowning occurs more commonly with young…

Mona McSharry finished fourth in the women’s 100 m breaststroke final at the European Short Course Championships in Glasgow on Saturday. McSharry narrowly missed out on her second medal of the championships, the Grange swimmer was just .04 seconds away from claiming the bronze. The 19-year-old had claimed bronze in…

Sligo’s Mona McSharry will be aiming to land her second medal of the European Short Course Championships in Glasgow on Saturday. The Grange swimmer will be in the pool for the the 100m breastroke final. McSharry smashed the Irish record to be the top qualifier from last night semi-finals, coming…

Mona McSharry has qualified for the semi-final of the women’s 100 metres breaststroke at the European Shortcourse Swimming Championships in Glasgow. The Grange swimmer is through after finishing ninth fastest overall from Friday’s morning heats with a time of 1:05:50. McSharry is aiming to win her second medal of the…

Three swimmers are safe after getting into difficulty off the main beach in Bundoran yesterday. The Malin Head coastguard was alerted just after 8pm. They called the Bundoran Lifeboat which attended the scene and brought the swimmers to safety. They received medical attention at the scene as a precaution. Commenting…

Ireland’s 50m Freestyle Irish Record was twice broken today on opposite sides of the world as Danielle Hill first and then Mona McSharry took hundredths of a second each from McSharry’s February standard of 25.60. Hill was swimming in the 50m Freestyle Final at the Commonwealth Games and touched in…