Sportswoman of the Year selected after a 2025 to remember for Irish athletes
Judges had to choose from an illustrious list of 15 across several sports
Ellen Walshe
Irish swimmer Ellen Walshe
From Tokyo to Istanbul and Croke Park: the top 25 moments of the year in women’s sport
World and European champions, record-setters and mould-breakers, Irish sportswomen had another stellar year
John Shortt sets junior records at Winter Championships
Galway swimmer ends season with eight senior and 13 junior Irish records
Beyond Skorts: How Ireland’s sportswomen kept clearing impossibly high bars in 2025
Away from the rí-rá of the skorts debate, Irish women offered a bounty of sporting firsts in 2026
Ellen Walsh caps off brilliant week for Irish swimmers as provinces return mixed bag in Europe
St Martin’s and Dingle secure provincial crowns in hurling and football; Gianni Infantino lets Europe know where it stands
Ellen Walshe wins 200m butterfly gold at the European championships
Seven medals for Ireland in unprecedented week of success for Irish swimming
Ellen Walshe wins silver and Daniel Wiffen wins bronze at European championships
Olympic champion Wiffen had chance to win 800m freestyle, but had to settle for third
Daniel Wiffen wins gold medal in 1,500m freestyle at European Championships
Evan Bailey produces the best swim of his career to win a tied bronze in the 200m freestyle final
Irish teenager John Shortt wins European 200m backstroke gold medal in stunning fashion
Ellen Walshe also produced an excellent swim on Wednesday morning, breaking her own 100m individual medley record
Daniel Wiffen wins bronze in 400m free at European Short-Course Championships
Belfast’s Jack McMillan takes gold for Britain; John Shortt breaks Irish 200m backstroke record twice in eight hours to reach final
Daniel Wiffen out to restate his claim at European Short-Course Championships after illness
Olympic gold medallist suffered appendicitis before the World Championships in July
Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry claim silver as they end World Cup series in Toronto
Irish pair claim silver medals in last outing of three-meet World Cup series
Medals and national records for Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry at Swimming World Cup
Toronto hosts last stop of World Aquatics World Cup series
Ellen Walshe adds to World Cup medal haul with silver in 400m IM
Mona McSharry fourth in 100m breaststroke in Indiana
Ellen Walshe breaks oldest national short-course record with World Cup bronze in 200m fly
Templeogue swimmer bests record held by Michelle Smith since 1997
Katie Taylor named Sportswoman of the Month for July
History-maker concludes epic trilogy with resounding win
Ellen Walshe misses out of 400m IM final on last day of World Championships in Singapore
Ireland finish 21st in men’s 4x100m medley relay
Daniel Wiffen narrowly qualifies for 800m freestyle final at World Championships
The Olympic and World champion in the event was the slowest qualifier from Tuesday’s heats
Ellen Walshe eighth in 200m IM final at World Championships, Mona McSharry misses out on 100m breaststroke final
Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen out to defend 800m freestyle gold on Tuesday
Ellie McCartney and Ellen Walshe star at Irish Open Swimming Championships
McCartney posts consideration time for World Aquatics Championships while Walshe sets new Irish mark in 200 free
Ellen Walshe named Sportswoman of the Month for December
Olympic finalist broke eight Irish records across four events at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest
Ellen Walshe finishes fifth and sixth in Saturday finals at World Championships
Walsh leaves Budapest having set eight new Irish short-course records over the week
Ellen Walshe continues record-breaking form but misses out on World Short Course 100m medley final
Shane Ryan qualifies for 50m backstroke final
Walshe, Ryan and Hill advance to world semi-finals in Budapest
Ellen Walsh broke her Irish record in the 100m individual medley
Ellen Walshe lowers her Irish record to finish fifth in 200m IM at World Short Course Swimming Championships
Templeogue swimmer also bested her national record in the 50m butterfly semi-final in Budapest
Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 3
Mona McSharry claims Ireland’s first medal at Paris 2024, while Kellie Harrington and Daniel Wiffen advance emphatically
Meet Team Ireland - Swimming
Daniel Wiffen is the best Irish hope a medal in the pool for 30 years, and Danielle Hill is Ireland’s fastest ever female swimmer
Chinese swimmers already stirring up controversy inside the Paris La Défense Arena
Dublin’s Ellen Walshe finishes sixth in her 100m butterfly heat behind Zhang Yufei
Lucy Mulhall named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for January
Irish Sevens captain led her side to new heights in Seville with silver medal win
Mona McSharry breaks eighth Irish record to conclude stellar showing in Abu Dhabi
Daniel Wiffen also set a new national record with his swim in the 1500m freestyle final
Mona McSharry racks up a fourth new Irish record in Abu Dhabi
Sligo star becomes first Irish woman to swim 100m individual medley in under a minute
Tokyo 2020: Mona McSharry’s achievement a paradigm shift for Irish swimming
Sligo woman’s success in reaching an Olympic final a huge fillip for the sport
Tokyo 2020 Day 1: Irish in action and best of the rest
Jack Woolley makes history in taekwondo while the women's hockey team begin
Ireland looking to qualify first relay swim team for Olympics since 1972
European Aquatics Championships in Budapest offers opportunity for Irish swimmers
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