‘We had hoped to get one over the line – it would have been a great boost at this stage’

First of two All-Ireland Sailing Championships set for Dún Laoghaire this weekend

Former Olympian won the UK Masters in June in convincing fashion with six wins in eight races

Mayo native becomes the first Irish woman to take part in the taxing single-handed event

Fourteen Irish sailors among the 1,212 boats in action at Aarhus, Denmark this weekend

Image change and wider recruitment of medical students needed to reverse decline

The graduate entry scheme at Limerick University has a special emphasis on primary care-centred learning

Fresh westerlies blow in favour of Ireland at Laser Radial world championships in Dún Laoghaire

Trio go head to head on Banderas Bay in men’s dinghy to determine who goes to Olympics

Independents Michael Harty and Jerry Cowley part of ‘No Doctor, No Village’ campaign

Almost 100 additional GPs would qualify for €16,000 extra payment under proposal

Hundreds of people attended Co Clare meeting calling for more doctors

Passions run high at a meeting in Clare of the No Doctor No Village campaign

The outcome of this week’s meeting in Clare will influence whether a group of doctors will run a general election candidate.

Howth Yacht Club’s Douglas Elmes and Colin O’Sullivan in the double-handed 420 class

Howth Yacht Club teenagers Douglas Elmes and Colin O’Sullivan in third in Malaysia

George Sisk’s Wow is boat of the year and Tim Goodbody leads a family clean sweep

Youth National Championships an indicator of sailors’ hopes of future Olympic success

Competitions for year start in earnest with Olympic places still up for grabs

ISA performance director James O’Callaghan points to former pathway sailors who have continued in the sport as coaches here or as sailing instructors overseas