Every day this week, Mary Hannigan looks at some of the highlights in women’s sport from the last 30 years. Part one looks at 50 to 41

Well run Irish Rowing Championships illustrates high standard of underage talent

Victory for Cork brothers at final regatta in Lucerne in Switzerland will seal success

Fitting in a triathlon after you have children – you can do it if you put your mind to it

Rowers are not as confident of being in top form for the World Cup in Belgrade in May

Sport Ireland’s increased allocation of €525,000 to rowing is much needed

Neptune Regatta to get season started at Islandbridge with 368 crews expected

The Irish Olympic rower is studying for a Masters degree at the English university

Records broken at Irish Indoor Rowing Championships, world of hard work returns

63 clubs to be represented at annual University of Limerick event

Great expectations as young Irish talent start to stake claim at top table

Aoife Feeley and Aifric Keogh take on U-23 duo Amy Mason and Tara Hanlon

O’Donovan brothers’ trainer recognised by governing body Fisa after successful year

Ian O’Riordan speaks to athletes and OCI team members who were on the scene in Rio

Olympic medalists set guage up against the best of young Irish talent at NRC

Lynch and Claire Lambe finished sixth in their sculls event but were thrilled to make the final

Coaching team to spearhead Tokyo campaign being finalised

New Zealander coached the Ireland participants in Rio Games

After medal in Rio it is a trip to Rotterdam and bid to become world champion

Donegal community organised party for the Irish Olympian’s rowing final at Rio 2016

O’Donovan brothers from Cork claim a first ever Olympic rowing medal for Ireland

Irish rowers on a gold rush at the Lagoa Stadium

Dream hour of high accomplishment for Irish lightweight double sculls teams

Ireland’s first serious medal chance - both men’s and women’s rowing crews in finals

Sinead Jennings, Claire Lambe and the O’Donovan brothers will go for gold on Friday

Irish rowers take centre stage in afternoon while Annalise Murphy is also in the water

‘We’ll have one more training session, maybe improve our start, because that didn’t go 100 per cent today’

Paddy Barnes among the Irish athletes starting their Rio Olympics campaign

Sinead Jennings/Claire Lambe and Paul and Gary O’Donovan won’t race today

Three crews will compete in heats over the opening two days at the Olympic Games

Lightweight double of Paul and Gary O’Donovan seeded in the top six at Rio

World Cup heat win by Claire Lambe and Sinead Lynch another step up for in-form crew

Doctor and mother of three, Sinéad Jennings, will represent Ireland in lightweight rowing

Paul O’Donovan intents to compete in senior lightweight single sculls at Rotterdam event

Paul Pollock selected ahead of ex-Moldovan athlete Sergiu Ciobanu despite slower time

Brothers have chance of winning World Cup series after fourth place finish in Lucerne

Ireland lightweight double pushing into the elite as Ireland women’s lightweight double win B final

European champions hope to avenge earlier defeat to John Smith and James Thompson

Irish rower comes through Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne

Leitrim event has 235 crews entered and is sure to put new rowing course on map